Face2News/New Delhi
The Election Commission of India's (ECI) two-day Conference of Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) gets underway at the India International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Management (IDEM) in New Delhi on Wednesday.
(MOREPIC1) The conference was presided over by Chief Election Commissioner Shri Gyanesh Kumar in the presence of Election Commissioners Dr. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Dr. Vivek Joshi. The Commission assessed the preparedness of offices of the CEOs of all States/UTs for the nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
The Conference is being held as a follow up on the SIR preparedness conference held on September 10, 2025 during which all the States/UTs gave detailed presentations on the number of Electors, qualifying date of last SIR and Electoral Roll in their respective State/UT as per the last completed SIR.
The Commission assessed the progress made on the directions previously issued to the CEOs to map the current electors with the electors as per the last SIR in the State/UT.
The Commission also reviewed the status of appointment and training of DEOs, EROS, AEROS, BLOs and BLAs.
Present during the meeting were Sh. Swapnil M. Naik, IAS, Chief Electoral Officer, UT Chandigarh; Sh. Hari Kallikkat, IAS, Additional Chief Electoral Officer; Sh. Amandeep Singh Bhatti, PCS, Additional Deputy Commissioner, UT Chandigarh.
