Prior to this, Bramha has served as Election Commissioner since 25th August, 2010. Belonging to the 1975 batch (AP Cadre) of Indian Administrative Service, Bramha served as Secretary in Ministry of Power before joining the Election Commission. 

Born on 19th April, 1950, he completed his Post Graduation in Political Science from Guwahati University (Assam) and graduated from St. Edmund’s College, Shillong. He did his schooling from Don Bosco School, Guwahati. He has held various senior level posts in the Government of India and State Government prior to the present posting. 

Elucidating his priorities after taking over as new CEC, Bramha said that it will be his personal endeavor to use the latest technologies to improve the quality of election management, wherein he announced that on 25th January, which is celebrated as National Voters’ Day, the ECI will launch nationwide Electronic Roll Management System (ERMS), which will provide country wide voters list and enable voters to see their details. 

Bramha also stated that the Commission will prepare the ground work for extending the voting rights to the NRI voters following the directions of the Supreme Court.