Shri Arun Goyal had served as the Cabiet Secretary for the Government of India, as Member of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, and Special Secretary at the GST Council. He is a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1985 batch. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the  Delhi College of Engineering (1980)  and a  Post Graduate Diploma in Management (MBA) from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (1982).