title: Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi
text: # Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi
  
  Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi served as 20th Chief Election Commissioner of India. He is a retired I.A.S. officer of 1976 batch from the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
  
  ## Education
  
  Zaidi possesses a master's degree in Public Administration from Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and has been a Mason Fellow for Public Policy at Harvard Institute for International Development.
  
  ## Career
  
  Dr. Zaidi has served as the Permanent Representative of India on the Council of ICAO from November 2005 to October 2008. He has served as the Director General of Civil Aviation. He retired from IAS as Secretary to the Government of India in Ministry of Civil Aviation on 31 July 2012. The first election in his tenure was 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.
  
  