Arun Goel

Arun Goel (born 7 December 1962) is a retired IAS officer who is currently serving as Indian Ambassador to Croatia from 3 October 2024 onwards.^[6] Before this, on 19 November 2022, he was appointed as Election Commissioner of India and assumed charge on 21 November 2022.^{[7][8][9][10]} His appointment has been challenged in the Indian Supreme Court due to procedural concerns but was given clearance on 3 August 2023.^{[11][12][13][14][15]} Thereafter, on 9 March 2024 he resigned from the post for personal reasons.^[16] Previously, he served as a Secretary of Heavy Industry in India from December 2019 to November 2022 and prior, to it as Culture Secretary of India.^[17]

Arun Goel, IAS
Election Commission of India
Ambassador of India to Croatia
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 October 2024
Preceded by	Raj Kumar Srivastava, IFS
Election Commissioner of India
In office 19 November 2022 – 9 March 2024 (Resigned) [1][2]
Preceded by	Rajiv Kumar
Succeeded by	Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, Retired IAS Officer
Secretary of Heavy Industry India
In office 30 December 2019 – 18 November 2022
Preceded by	Asha Ram Sihag
Succeeded by	Kamran Rizvi
Secretary, Ministry of Culture
In office 10 August 2018 – 30 December 2019
Preceded by	Raghvendra Singh
Succeeded by	Anand Kumar
Personal details
Born	(1962-12-07) 7 December 1962 (age 62) Punjab, India
Alma mater	(Msc Mathematics) Punjabi University[3][4] (PG Diploma in Development Economics)Churchill College, Cambridge[5]

Education

Arun goel completed his Msc in mathematics from Punjabi University^[18] and PG Dip degree in Development Economics from Churchill College, Cambridge.^[19][20]

Resignation

On 9 March 2024, Arun Goel tendered his resignation^[21] from the position of Election Commissioner of India, which was accepted by the President. His resignation came just before the announcement of the dates for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, leaving Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar as the sole election commissioner. (A normally three-member Election Commission already had a vacancy.) whereas, his tenure was till 6 December 2027.