India, Oct. 10 -- Senior bureaucrat Prakash Rajpurohit was appointed deputy election commissioner in a major bureaucratic reshuffle by the Centre on Saturday.

Rajpurohit was most recently joint secretary in the Department of Defence Production. He earlier served as director in the Department of Economic Affairs, handling international investment treaties, and held district and tax administration postings in Rajasthan, including as Collector of Ajmer and Commissioner of Commercial Taxes.

A 2010-batch IAS officer from the Rajasthan cadre, he replaced Sanjay Kumar as deputy election commissioner, according to a Personnel Ministry order. His tenure extends until April 8, 2030.

Vivek Khare, a 1996-batch Indian Telecom Service officer, will ...