<P> Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan known as T.N. Seshan is a retired 1955 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre , best remembered as the man who cleaned up elections in India . He was the 10th Chief Election Commissioner of India ( 1990 -- 96 ) , who reformed elections by largely ending its malpractices in the country . and redefined the status and visibility of the Election Commission of India . An Indian Administrative Service officer , he earlier served as the 18th Cabinet Secretary of India in 1989 . He won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for government service in 1996 . </P>
this retired ias officer has served as the election commissioner of india between 1990 and 1996
Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan