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Sunil Arora takes charge as new Election Commissioner of India

| | Sep 02, 2017, at 01:44 am
New Delhi, Sept 1 (IBNS): Sunil Arora assumed charge as the new Election Commissioner of India, here on Friday.

Born on Apr 13, 1956, Arora, 1980 batch IAS officer from Rajasthan cadre, superannuated on Apr 30, 2016 as Secretary, Information & Broadcasting, Government of India .

During 36 years of his long service, he held various crucial positions in State Govt. of Rajasthan and in the Central Government, read the government statement.

Prior to joining as Election Commissioner, Arora was serving as Director General (DG), M/o Corporate Affairs since 15th December, 2016 after his superannuation.


 

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