Arun Goel is a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS officer) of 1985 batch Punjab cadre. On November 19, 2022, he was appointed as the Election Commissioner of India.
Wiki/Biography
Arun Goel was born on Friday, December 7, 1962, in Punjab, India (age 60 years 2022). His zodiac sign is Sagittarius. He passed B.A. (Mathematics) and M.A. (Mathematics) from Panjab University, Patiala, Punjab, as a gold medalist. He then obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Development Economics from Churchill College, Cambridge University, UK. In 1985, he received the Chancellor’s Medal (the highest honour) for academic excellence from the Governor of Punjab.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′ 9″
Eye color: black
Hair color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Not much information is available about his parents and siblings.
wife and children
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on the job training
Arun Goel started his on-the-job training as Development Administrator at National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad in 1989 and was trained there till 1990. From 1992 to 1993, he received on-the-job training in the initial course of executive training from the Institute, Mysore. In 1999, he started intermediate on-the-job training at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, Batches. A year later, he received on-the-job training at the Institute of Disaster Management, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi. Some of his other training services include Senior (1982-85) batch of Indian Executive Institute, Hyderabad, Ethical Leadership (2005-2006) from IC Center for Governance (ICCG), Panchgani, Senior Indian Administrative Institute, Hyderabad, WTO Courses (2006-2007 Years), Negotiation Strategies and Public-Private Partnerships Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (2009-2010), Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) Governance and Social Policy, Mumbai (2012-2013), Improving Governance through Accountability, National Audit with School of Accountancy, Shimla (2014-2014) 2015), the Inner Engineering Leadership Course at Isha (Foundation) Yoga Centre, Coimbatore (2015-2016), and investigating economic crimes in financial markets at the National Institute of Securities Markets, Mumbai (2016-2017). Arun Goel received in-country training in Personnel and General Administration from various locations including ASCI Hyderabad, ATI Mysore, IIM Bangalore, NIRD Hyderabad and NIRD Hyderabad. He received training abroad in Public Sector Management in the United States, Intra-WTO Trade and Development in Geneva, and CRISIS MGT in the UK Department of Commerce. In 2013, Arun Goel conducted Intermediate Training “7th MCT Phase 5”.
Profession
Arun Goel was appointed as SDO (Civil) from August 1, 1987 to June 1, 1989. He has also held many other key positions such as:
- Additional Deputy Commissioner: District Administration/Land Revenue Management and District Administration (June 1, 1989 to February 28, 1991)
- Additional Deputy Commissioner: District Administration/Land Revenue Management and District Administration (June 1, 1989 to June 30, 1989)
- Chief Administrative Officer: Urban Development/Urban Development (July 1, 1989 to February 28, 1991)
- Chairman: Municipal Administration/Urban Development (July 1, 1989 to February 28, 1991)
- Jt Secy to Governor-General: Governor-General/Staff (28 February 1991 to 22 September 1991)
- Jt Secy: General Affairs/Personnel and General Affairs (July 26, 1992 to July 30, 1993)
- Deputy Commissioner Bathinda: District Administration/Land Revenue Management and District Administration (August 1, 1993 to June 30, 1994)
- Secretary, Punjab: State Agricultural Marketing Board (PSAMB), Agricultural Marketing/Agricultural and Cooperative Service (AIS) (June 30, 1994 to October 31, 1994)
- Managing Director, Chandigarh: Industries (October 31, 1994 to November 30, 1995)
- Managing Director, Chandigarh: Tourism (October 31, 1994 to November 30, 1995)
- Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana: District Administration/Land Revenue Management and District Administration (November 30, 1995 to December 31, 1996)
- Managing Director: Public Distribution/Consumer Affairs, Food and PD (December 31, 1996 – February 28, 1997)
- Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana: District Administration/Land Revenue Management and District Administration (28 February 1997 to 31 January 1998)
- Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana: District Administration/Land Revenue Management and District Administration (January 31, 1998 to April 30, 2000)
- Managing Director: Shipping/Transportation (January 1, 2000 to January 31, 2001)
- Managing Director, Punjab Warehouses Limited: Civil Supplies/Consumer Affairs, Food and PD (May 9, 2000 to January 31, 2001)
- Managing Director, National Warehousing Corporation: Civil Supplies/Consumer Affairs, Food and PD (January 31, 2001 to December 7, 2001)
- Managing Director: Shipping/Transportation (January 31, 2001 to December 7, 2001)
- Managing Director, National Warehousing Corporation: Civil Supplies/Consumer Affairs, Food and PD (19 January 2002 to 28 February 2002)
- Managing Director: Shipping/Transportation (January 19, 2002 to February 28, 2002)
- Secretary: Youth Affairs and Sports/Youth Affairs and Sports (28 February 2002 to 31 May 2003)
- Managing Director: Industries, Punjab Small Industries and Exports Corporation (May 12, 2003 to June 14, 2006)
- Punjab Secretary: Finance (June 15, 2006 to March 15, 2007)
- Director, Punjab: Disinvestment/Finance (June 15, 2006 to March 15, 2007)
- Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary: Urban Development (March 15, 2007 – November 4, 2009)
- Punjab Urban Development Authority (PUDA) Vice Chairman: Urban Development/Urban Development (15 March 2007 to 4 November 2009)
- Responsible Person: Urban Housing/Urban Development (November 4, 2009 – December 14, 2009)
- Secretary, Punjab Urban Development Authority (PUDA): Urban Development (November 4, 2009 to May 2, 2011)
- Chancellor, Punjab Power Department: Power/Energy (December 14, 2009 to May 4, 2011)
- Joint Secretary Urban Development, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM): Center for Urban Development (May 5, 2011 to June 28, 2012)
- Joint Secretary Finance: Revenue/Finance Center (June 28, 2012 to July 30, 2015)
- Vice Chairman of Urban Development: Center for Urban Development (July 31, 2015 to October 31, 2016)
- Additional Secy & FA: Labor/Labor and Employment Center (November 1, 2016 to May 22, 2018)
- Additional Secretary, Cultural Center: Cultural Affairs/Culture (May 22, 2018 to July 31, 2018)
- Spl Secy, Culture: Centre, Cultural Affairs/Culture (August 1, 2018 to August 9, 2018)
- Cultural Secretary: Cultural Affairs/Cultural Center (August 10, 2018 to December 31, 2019)
- Secretary, Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, New Delhi: Heavy Industries/Industrial Center (December 31, 2019 to December 31, 2022)
On November 18, 2022, he voluntarily resigned from his position as Secretary of the Ministry of Heavy Industry. Kamran Rizvi took his place. He was scheduled to retire on December 31, 2022. On November 19, 2022, President Droupadi Murmu appointed him as the Election Commissioner of India. According to a statement from the Federal Law and Ministry of Justice,
The President is pleased to appoint Shri Arun Goel, IAS (Retd) (PB: 1985) as Election Commissioner, Election Commission with effect from the date of assuming office. “
With effect from May 15, 2022, the post of one Election Commissioner in the three-member commission is vacant.
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