- Navin Chawla passed away recently at the age of 79.
- He was a former chief election commissioner.
- He oversaw the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
- He served as chief election commissioner from 2009 to 2010.
- He was a retired 1969-batch IAS officer of Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre.
- He conducted general elections to legislative assemblies in seven States.
- He enabled third gender voters to prefer to vote in the category of “Other”.
- He had been inspired by Mother Teresa.
