He will take over from chief election commissioner-designate T S Krishnamurthy on February 8.
Chief Election Commissioner James Michael Lyngdoh, i-flex solutions Ltd chief Rajesh Hukku, and TVS Motor chief executive Venu Srinivasan have figured among the top 25 'Stars of Asia' chosen by the prestigious Business Week magazine.
He also said there was no politician in the country who was committed to democracy and welfare of the people.
'There are certain states that need special attention. In terms of electoral records it is very bad,' Lyngdoh said.
'I hope he will continue to be what he is. And doing so, he won't be much different from those whose example he is being given right now,' says Utkarsh Mishra.
'I am sure the BJP can find a highly educated, respected, non-controversial party man from the North East to be elected India's vice-president,' says Sudhir Bisht.