Sunil Arora (born 13 April 1956) was the 23rd Chief Election Commissioner of India.

He is a retired 1980 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Rajasthan cadre.

[6][7] Arora has graduate (BA Honours) and postgraduate (MA) degrees in English from Panjab University in the Union Territory of Chandigarh.

[1][6][7][8] Before being appointed as an IAS officer, Sunil Arora served as an associate professor in DAV College in Jalandhar.

[8][9][10] Post retirement, Arora was appointed the director general and chief executive officer of the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, and hence was deemed to have been re-employed into the IAS.