Rajiv Bansal appointed Ashwani Lohani's successor as Air India CMD

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

The government on Wednesday appointed IAS officer Rajiv Bansal as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of national passenger carrier Air India.

Bansal, presently a financial advisor to the Petroleum & Natural Gas Ministry, has been given additional charge of Air India's CMD. He succeeds Ashwani Lohani who was on Wednesday named as Chairman of the Railway Board.

An official statement said the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved Bansal's appointment.

Bansal is a 1988 batch IAS officer from Nagaland cadre.