Sunil Arora

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]

  1. ^ "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.