Sunil Arora appointed chief election commissioner, to take charge on 2 December
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Sunil Arora had been the Information and Broadcasting Secretary, and Secretary in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
Senior IAS officer Sunil Arora appointed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) by President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday.
Sunil Arora is a 1980-batch IAS officer belonging to the Rajasthan cadre
will be taking over on December 2 and will be in charge of the poll body when the 2019 general elections take place, media reports said.
Arora will be replacing OP Rawat for the post of the poll panel chief.
An EC or CEC has a tenure of six years. But if officers turn 65 before that, they demit office.
Sunil Arora had been the Information and Broadcasting Secretary, and Secretary in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
He has also worked in ministries and departments such as Finance, Textiles and Planning Commission.
He served as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation during 1999-2002 and CMD, Indian Airlines for five years (two years as an additional charge and three years as full charge).
In Rajasthan, besides district postings in Dholpur, Alwar, Nagaur and Jodhpur, he was Secretary to the Chief Minister during 1993-1998 and Principal Secretary to CM (2005- 2008) and handled Information and Public Relations (IPR), Industries and Investment Departments.