S Balaji Arunkumar new KoPT deputy chairman

S Balaji Arunkumar, An IRTS officer of 1997 batch, has taken over as deputy chairman of Kolkata Dock System under Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) with effect from April 4.

He was senior general manager of Container Corporation of India, Chennai, before assuming his new charge.

R P S Kahlon lost his job as chairman of KoPT after he was arrested on alleged graft charges on March 9 from a hotel in the city.

He had allegedly received bribe from a private firm that handles containers at Kolkata Dock System (KDS).

M T Krishna Babu, the chairman of Visakhapatnam Port Trust, has taken over as the new chairman of KoPT as an additional charge.