this retired ias officer has served as the election commissioner of india between 1990 and 1996
T. N. Seshan 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.[1][2] He was the 10th Chief Election Commissioner of India (1990â€“96), who reformed elections by largely ending its malpractices in the country.[3] and redefined the status and visibility of the Election Commission of India.[4][5] 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.[6]