Rajiv Bansal

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Senior bureaucrat Rajiv Bansal was on Thursday appointed as the chairman and managing director (CMD) of Air India, according to a Personnel Ministry order. Bansal, a 1988-batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre, is at present additional secretary in the ministry of petroleum and natural gas. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved his appointment as chairman & managing director, Air India in the rank and pay of additional secretary, the order said, without mentioning further details. The post became vacant after incumbent Ashwani Lohani completed his tenure.

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Rajiv Bansal, additional secretary in ministry of petroleum, has been appointed as Air India chairperson on an interim basis. Bansal, an IAS officer of Nagaland cadre (1988 batch), was given the additional charge of Air India chairperson today after incumbent Ashwani Lohani moved to the Railway Board. Bansal will hold the additional charge for three months, Department of Personnel Affairs & Training said in its order.Bansal will oversee the expansion of Air India in Europe and the US apart from regional routes and assumes charge at a time when government is planning a stake saleA civil engineer from from IIT Delhi, Bansal was earlier posted in ministry of electronics and information technology and responsible for digital payments, Aadhaar and internet governance.He served as a director in civil aviation ministry between 2006-2008 and handled the domestic transport section which deals with initial permission for new airlines, route dispersal guidelines among other issues. He ...

Presently, he is a financial advisor to the Petroleum & Natural Gas Ministry