Meet Arun Goel, the 'record breaker' ex-election commissioner who resigned before Lok Sabha polls 2024

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charge as Election Commissioner on November 21, 2022. He is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1985 batch, Punjab cadre. Arun Goel served as a secretary at the Ministry of Heavy Industry, Government of India, after more than 37 years of service.

In this role, he "catalyzed the E-vehicle movement in India to a Tipping Point", the Elections Commission's website says. ALSO READ: Ex-bureaucrat Arun Goel assumes charge as new election commissioner He also implemented the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Auto Industry in a record time and PLI for Advanced Chemistry Cell Battery Storage. He also worked as Vice-Chairman, Delhi Development Authority; Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, Ministry of Labour and Employment; Joint Secretary, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, news agency PTI reported.

ALSO READ: Election Commissioner Arun Goel's file got clearances in 'haste', 'tearing hurry': SC Goyal was District Election Officer of Ludhiana district (1995-2000) and Bathinda district (1993-94). He was Born on December 7, 1962, in Patiala, Punjab. He earned a M.Sc.(Mathematics) degree and was awarded the Chancellors Medal of Excellence for being First Class First.

ALSO READ: ‘Any hanky panky?’: Supreme Court to Centre on Arun Goel’s appointment as Election Commissioner As per her profile on the Election Commission's website, Goel was a "record breaker throughout in all the examinations of Punjabi University". He holds a Post-Graduate degree in Development Economics from Churchill College, University of Cambridge, England. He has been trained at the John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA.