Shri Manoj Kumar Arora, Chief Commissioner is a 1990 batch IRS officer. He took charge as Chief Commissioner of CGST & Customs, Thiruvananthapuram Zone in July, 2023 and have charges comprising all the Central GST and Customs Commissioncrates having jurisdiction over Kerala state and UT of Lakshadweep. He has worked in C.Ex, Cus (P), Airport & NACIN at different times. He was on deputation to Ministry of Company Affairs as Director and in the Ministry of Women and Child Development as P.S. to the Minister. He has also been officer on Special Duty in the Parliament. His last assignment was in DGPM where he introduced the performance management systems of Saadhit & Aakalan and the new performance review system of OSPR.