Arun Kumar (administrator)
# Arun Kumar (administrator)

Arun Kumar is an Indian civil servant who formerly served as Additional Secretary to Government of India, Secretary of Oil Industry Development Board and Executive Director of Petroleum Conservation Research Association. He also served as Board Director-Incharge of Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Limited, Member of the Management Advisory Committee of Bureau of Energy Efficiency (under Ministry of Power) and Member of the Governing council of Centre for High Technology (under Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas).

He is a 1976 batch Central Secretariat Service officer.

## Career

Kumar joined the Central Secretariat Service in 1974 after qualifying through the Civil Services Examination. He rose through ranks and was later empanelled as Additional Secretary to Government of India in Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas in October 2010 by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.

