Sunil Arora

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Sunil Arora
23rd Chief Election Commissioner of India
In office
2 December 2018 – 12 April 2021
PresidentRam Nath Kovind
Preceded byOm Prakash Rawat
Succeeded bySushil 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 (1956-04-13) 13 April 1956 (age 68)
Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India
Alma materPanjab University (BA, MA)[1]
OccupationRetired IAS Officer
Arora taking charge as an Election Commissioner of India in September 2017

Sunil Arora (born 13 April 1956) was the 23rd Chief Election Commissioner of India.[2][3] He is also the chairman for Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB). He is a retired 1980 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Rajasthan cadre. He also served as a secretary to the Government of India in two ministries.[4][5]

Personal life

Of his two brothers, one is also an IAS officer, whereas, the other is a diplomat from the Indian Foreign Service.[6][7]

Education

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

Before IAS

Before being appointed as an

DAV College in Jalandhar.[6][7]

As an IAS officer

As an

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

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.

He has joined agri-tech start-up Gram Unnati as its non-executive chairman.[25]

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d "Election Commissioner - Shri Sunil Arora". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  2. ^ "President Kovind appoints Sunil Arora as new Chief Election Commissioner". 26 November 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  3. ^ "As Sunil Arora retires on 12th April and Sushil Chandra will take charge as new Chief Election Commissioner of India". The Times of India.
  4. ^ "कौन हैं सुनील अरोड़ा, जिनकी निगरानी में होंगे पांच राज्य में विधानसभा चुनाव". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  5. ^ "जानें मुख्य निर्वाचन आयुक्त सुनील अरोड़ा के बारे में, जिन्होंने किया 05 राज्यों में चुनावों का ऐलान". News18 Hindi (in Hindi). Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  6. ^
    The Tribune
    . 7 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  7. ^ a b c "यहां पढ़े हैं चुनाव आयोग के कमिश्नर बने सुनील अरोड़ा,सरकारी कॉलेज से MA की" [New commissioner of the Election Commission studied here; did his MA from government college]. Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). Hoshiarpur. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Sunil Arora - Executive Record Sheet". Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  9. ^ a b c "Sunil Arora - Officer Service History". Department of Personnel, Government of Rajasthan. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  10. ^ a b c d "Shri Sunil Arora takes over as new Election Commissioner on 1st September, 2017" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  11. ^ a b c Parihar, Rohit (3 September 2017). Kumar, Ganesh; Udayakumar, Radha (eds.). "Why Rajiv Mehrishi's and Sunil Arora's appointments are Rajasthan's loss and the Centre's gain". India Today. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  12. ^ a b "Sunil Arora is the third Election Commissioner: Former bureaucrat has worked for finance ministry and Planning Commission". Firstpost. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  13. ^ "Govt appoints Sunil Arora as IICA Director General". The New Indian Express. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  14. ^ "Govt appoints Sunil Arora as IICA Director General". Business Standard. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  15. ^ "Sunil Arora appointed as Director General of IICA". Jagran Josh. Dainik Jagran. 17 December 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  16. Press Information Bureau of India
    . 31 August 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  17. Times of India
    . Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  18. ^ Mohit (31 August 2017). "राजीव महर्षि होंगे देश के नए CAG, सुनील अरोड़ा बने चुनाव आयुक्त" [Rajiv Mehrishi will be the nation's next CAG; Sunil Arora appointed as Election Commissioner]. Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Amarujala.com. Amar Ujala Publications Ltd. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  19. ^ "Sunil Arora appointed as Election Commissioner". The Economic Times. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  20. ^ "Former Bureaucrat Sunil Arora Appointed Election Commissioner". NDTV. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  21. ^ "Sunil Arora appointed Election Commissioner". The Indian Express. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  22. ^ "Sunil Arora appointed Election Commissioner, Achal Kumar Joti is CEC". Business Standard. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  23. ^ "Raj cadre officer takes charge as EC". Daily News and Analysis. 2 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  24. ^ "Sunil Arora assumes charge as new Election Commissioner". United News of India. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  25. ^ "Former chief election commissioner Sunil Arora joins agri-tech startup as chairman". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 6 January 2023.

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