Pharma secy P D Vaghela to take over as new Trai chairman from R S Sharma

The Appointments Comm­ittee of the Cabinet on Monday na­med P D Vaghela the new chair­man of the Telecom Reg­ul­a­tory Authority of India (Trai).
 
Vaghela, a Gujarat cadre IAS, will replace R S Sharma, who demits office on September 30, after a five-year tenure. “The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of P D Vaghela, IAS (GJ: 1986), secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals, as chairperson of Trai for a period of three years or until he attains the age of 65, or until further orders, whichever is the earliest,” the Department of Personnel and Training in a notification