Sunil Arora
Sunil Arora | |
|---|---|
| Sushil Arora | |
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| 23rd Chief Election Commissioner of India | |
| In office 2 December 2018 – 12 April 2021 | |
| President | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Preceded by | Om Prakash Rawat |
| Succeeded by | Sushil Chandra |
| Election Commissioner of India | |
| In office 1 September 2017 – 2 December 2018 | |
| Director General and CEO of Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs | |
| In office 19 December 2016 – 31 August 2017 | |
| Information and Broadcasting Secretary of India | |
| In office 31 August 2015 – 30 April 2016 | |
| Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Secretary of India | |
| In office 29 August 2014 – 30 August 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 April 1956 |
| Alma mater | Panjab University (BA, MA)[1] |
| Occupation | Retired IAS Officer |
Sunil Arora (born 13 April 1956) is a retired IAS officer of Rajasthan Cadre who served as the 23rd Chief Election Commissioner of India.[2][3] He is also the chairman for Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB). He also served as a secretary to the Government of India in two ministries.[4][5]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Of his two brothers, one is also an IAS officer, whereas, the other is a diplomat from the Indian Foreign Service.[6][7]
Education
[edit | edit source]Arora has graduate (BA Honours) and postgraduate (MA) degrees in English from Panjab University in the Union Territory of Chandigarh.[1][6][7][8]
Career
[edit | edit source]Before IAS
[edit | edit source]Before being appointed as an IAS officer, Sunil Arora served as an associate professor in DAV College in Jalandhar.[6][7]
As an IAS officer
[edit | edit source]As an IAS officer, Arora served in various key positions for both the Government of India and the Government of Rajasthan, including as the Additional Chief Secretary (Home), Principal Secretary (Small Industries), Principal Secretary (Investment and Protocol), Chairman and managing director of the Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, and as the district magistrate and collector of Jodhpur, Nagaur, Alwar and Dholpur districts in the Rajasthan Government,[1][8][9][10][11][12] and as the Union Information and Broadcasting Secretary, Union Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Secretary, chairperson and managing director of the Indian Airlines, and as a joint secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation in the Indian government.[1][9][8][10][11][12]
Arora superannuated from service on 30 April 2016.[8][9][10] Post retirement, Arora was appointed the director general and chief executive officer of the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, and hence was deemed to have been re-employed into the IAS.[8][13][14][15]
Election Commissioner of India
[edit | edit source]File:Media address by Chief Election Commissioner of India, Shri Sunil Arora on 2nd December 2018 (cropped).jpg Arora assumed office as one of the two Election Commissioners of India on 31 August 2017,[16][17][18][19][20][21][22] Arora assumed the office of Election Commissioner on 1 September 2017.[10][11][23][24] During his tenure, 2019 Indian general election were held.
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He has joined agri-tech start-up Gram Unnati as its non-executive chairman.[25]
References
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Sources
[edit | edit source]- "Sunil Arora to take over as Chief Election Commissioner: Know about 1980-batch IAS officer who has worked for multiple ministries", 'DBPOST. from the original on 27 November 2018.
