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{{Infobox person
| name = Subrat Sahoo
| image = Subrat sahoo.jpg
| alt = Subrat sahoo.jpg
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|7|5}}
| birth_place = [[Odisha]]
| other_names =
| occupation = [[Indian Administrative Service]] officer, writer
| years_active = 1992 - present
| known_for =
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'''Subrat Sahoo''' (born 5 July 1968) is an [[Indian Administrative Service]] officer of [[Chhattisgarh]] Cadre and [[science fiction]] writer.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ratan Tata's Latest Investment: Education|url=http://www.ndtv.com/video/shows/the-ndtv-dialogues/ratan-tata-s-latest-investment-education-401583|accessdate=20 May 2016|publisher=[[NDTV]]|date=31 January 2016}}</ref> His allotment year is 1992.Presently he is posted as [[Chief Electoral Officer, Chhattisgarh|Chief Electoral Officer]] for the state of Chhattisgarh <ref name="auto">{{cite web | url=https://ceochhattisgarh.nic.in/en/ceo-office | title=CEO Office | Official Website of Chief Electoral Officer, Government of Chhattisgarh, India }}</ref> |,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/state-editions/ceo-subrat-sahoo-to-directly-interact-with-electors-today.html|title=CEO Subrat Sahoo to directly interact with electors today|first=The|last=Pioneer|website=The Pioneer}}</ref> under deputation to the [[Election Commission of India]].<ref>{{Cite web | title=Election Commission of India | url=https://eci.gov.in | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981212024557/http://www.eci.gov.in:80/ | access-date=2025-02-01 | archive-date=1998-12-12}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|title=Secretaries of Education - CIPS|url=http://www.cips.org.in/documents/Contact-Info/Education/Principal_Secretaries_Education.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327214126/http://www.cips.org.in/documents/Contact-Info/Education/Principal_Secretaries_Education.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 March 2016|publisher=www.cips.org.in|accessdate=20 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=ALL India Services Establishment Online Portal|url=http://cg.nic.in/ias/Admin/IPR_Detail.aspx?ec=043500|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124092527/http://cg.nic.in/ias/Admin/IPR_Detail.aspx?ec=043500|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 November 2015|publisher=[[Government of Chhattisgarh]]|accessdate=20 May 2016}}</ref>
His responsibilities include conducting the general elections to the legislative assembly and to the Lok Sabha, the Lower House of the Indian Parliament.

==Career==
Subrat Sahoo is currently giving his services as Chief Electoral Officer of the state of Chhattisgarh, [[Election Commission of India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4xrA0_aPoI&feature=youtu|title=National Voters Day: IBC24 को नेशनल मीडिया अवॉर्ड | सामारोह में राष्ट्रपति Ramnath Kovind मौजूद|website=[[YouTube]]|date=25 January 2019 }}</ref><ref name="auto"/> As Chief Electoral Officer, he has recently successfully conducted the general elections to the legislative assembly of the state of Chhattisgarh. In the most peaceful elections in the state in the last couple of decades, this elections held in October–December 2018 witnessed no poll-related violence or aberrations, no repolls for the first time in the state's history, and no loss of life during the polling. Voting turnout in the rural and extremism-affected areas increased substantially.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=385227515383700&id=163888460850941|title=राष्ट्रीय मतदाता दिवस के अवसर पर छत्तीसगढ़ को मतदाता जागरूकता, निर्वाचन नामावली की शुद्धता, नक्सल प्रभावित क्षेत्र में सुरक्षा व्यवस्था, मतदाताओं की सुगमता के लिए माननीय राष्ट्रपति श्री रामनाथ|website=[[Facebook]] }}</ref> He was honoured by the President of India on January 25, 2019,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://realtimes.in/single.php?id=11301 |title=सुब्रत साहू को निर्वाचन में सर्वश्रेष्ठ उपलब्धि के लिए मिलेगा राष्ट्रीय पुरस्कार | Chief Electoral Officer Subrata Sahu in the election National award for best achievement |access-date=9 February 2019 |archive-date=9 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180501/https://realtimes.in/single.php?id=11301 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/politics/the-ias-officers-who-made-these-5-state-elections-controversy-free/162798/|title = The IAS officers who made these 5 state elections controversy-free| website=[[ThePrint]] |date = 13 December 2018}}</ref> for his achievements in the field of election management and administrative innovations in the field of elections in the state, as well as for conducting the most peaceful elections here.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1088731907037122560|user=CEOChhattisgarh|title=राष्ट्रीय मतदाता दिवस के अवसर पर छत्तीसगढ़ को मतदाता जागरूकता, निर्वाचन नामावली की शुद्धता, नक्सल प्रभावित क्षेत्र… |date=25 January 2019}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news|last1=Drolia|first1=Rashmi|title=School bags in Chhattisgarh to get lighter|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/raipur/School-bags-in-Chhattisgarh-to-get-lighter/articleshow/48454912.cms|accessdate=20 May 2016|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=12 August 2015}}</ref> He has served important posts such as [[District Collector]] in the Districts: [[Durg]], [[Dhamtari]] & [[Sarguja]]. He has also been Commissioner of [[Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]] Division, [[Chhattisgarh]]. His services have also been marked in Tourism Department, Sports Department, Tribal Welfare Department, Social Welfare Department, Women & Child Development Department, Food & Civil Supplies Department & Culture Department, Department of School Education & Literacy, Health and Medical Education.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bollywood star Kareena Kapoor presents 31 kids with 'Chhattisgarh jewel' award|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Bollywood-star-Kareena-Kapoor-presents-31-kids-with-Chhattisgarh-jewel-award/articleshow/49860396.cms|accessdate=20 May 2016|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=20 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=List of State Officers|url=http://rmsaindia.org/en/contacts/2014-05-13-10-42-53/state-officers.html|publisher=[[Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan]]|accessdate=20 May 2016}}</ref>
He has been Managing Director of The Civil Supplies Corporation, Marketing Federation, State Warehousing Corporation, Chairman and MD of the Apex Bank, MD of the Tourism Board, among others.

Subrat Sahoo writes for [[Documentaries]] & Short Films as well.<ref>{{cite news|title=Yoga classes to start in all schools in Chhattisgarh|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/raipur/Yoga-classes-to-start-in-all-schools-in-Chhattisgarh/articleshow/47722700.cms|accessdate=20 May 2016|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=18 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=IAS aspirants guided by senior officials of state|url=http://thehitavada.com/Encyc/2016/2/29/IAS-aspirants-guided-by-senior-officials-of-state.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301094208/http://thehitavada.com//Encyc/2016/2/29/IAS-aspirants-guided-by-senior-officials-of-state.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 March 2016|accessdate=20 May 2016|publisher=[[The Hitavada]]|date=29 February 2016}}</ref>
He was responsible for creating a video awareness campaign for tourism in Chhattisgarh based on local icons. He is the holder of several Golden Book of World Records, including one for largest coverage of immunization in one day, for largest coverage of adolescent girls under a menstrual hygiene awareness campaign in a single day, and a Limca Book of Records for the largest number of beneficiaries covered in a single day under the government sponsored mass marriage of eligible BPL couples.
His science fiction book *Future Past*,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22063798-future-past-and-other-sci-fi-short-stories|title=Future Past and Other Sci-Fi Short Stories|website=Goodreads}}</ref> a collection of sci-fi short stories with twist in each tale, was published in December 2014.<ref name=dprcg>{{cite news|title=Chief Minister releases Subrat Sahu's book- 'Future Past' a collection of short sci-fi stories|url=http://dprcg.gov.in/3516-25-1-2014|accessdate=20 May 2016|publisher=[[Government of Chhattisgarh]]|date=25 January 2014}}</ref>

He is scheduled to address the India Conclave at Harvard in mid-February 2019,<ref>{{Cite web | title=Subrat Sahoo {{!}} India Conference 2019 India Conference 2019 | work=India Conference 2019 | url=http://indiaconference.com/2019/speakers/subrat-sahoo/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215140207/http://indiaconference.com:80/2019/speakers/subrat-sahoo/ | access-date=2025-02-01 | archive-date=2019-02-15}}</ref> regarding his administrative experience during the Chhattisgarh assembly elections.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://outlookhindi.com/country/general/chhattisgarhs-ceo-to-give-lecture-in-harvard-university-on-uninterrupted-election-in-naxal-affected-areas-34228|title=नक्सली क्षेत्र में बिना बाधा के चुनाव के विषय पर हार्वर्ड में लेक्चर देंगे छत्तीसगढ़ के सीईओ|website=outlookhindi.com/}}</ref>

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