Ex-bureaucrat Arun Goel takes charge as new Election Commissioner of India

Welcoming Goel to Election Commission, Rajiv Kumar said his administrative experience will further strengthen the Commission's endeavours in making the electoral process more inclusive, participative

Indian Admisnistrative Servant (IAS) from Punjab cadre, Arun Goel today assumed charge as the new Election Commissioner (EC) of India.

Rajiv Kumar, Chief Election Commissioner of India, who is currently in Nepal as International Observer for their ongoing national elections, congratulated Goel on his new appointment. 

Goel from 1985 batch of Punjab cadre is a post-graduate in Development Economics from Churchill College, University of Cambridge, England with Distinction. He also holds M.Sc. Mathematics.

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