<p> Senior IAS officer Rajiv Bansal on Thursday was appointed Chairman & Managing Director of national carrier Air India, which has been put up for sale by the government.</p>.<p>Bansal, an IAS officer of the 1988 batch, would succeed Ashwani Lohani, who was appointed to the post on February 13 last year for a period of one year.</p>.<p>This would be Bansal's second stint as Air India CMD. In 2017, he was appointed to the post, succeeding Lohani, who was named Chairman of the Railway Board.</p>.<p>“The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Shri Rajiv Bansal, IAS (NL:88), Additional Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas as<br />Chairman & Managing Director, Air India in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary,” the Ministry of Personnel said.</p>.<p>Bansal has done an earlier stint in the aviation ministry as a director and also served in the ministry of electronics and information technology, where he looked after digital payments, IT Act, Aadhaar, and internet governance.</p>.<p>In his career spanning 33 years, Bansal has also served as secretary, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) and joint secretary, department of heavy industries.</p>.<p>A civil engineering graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 1986, Bansal has a diploma in finance from ICFAI, Hyderabad and an executive masters in international business from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi.</p>
<p> Senior IAS officer Rajiv Bansal on Thursday was appointed Chairman & Managing Director of national carrier Air India, which has been put up for sale by the government.</p>.<p>Bansal, an IAS officer of the 1988 batch, would succeed Ashwani Lohani, who was appointed to the post on February 13 last year for a period of one year.</p>.<p>This would be Bansal's second stint as Air India CMD. In 2017, he was appointed to the post, succeeding Lohani, who was named Chairman of the Railway Board.</p>.<p>“The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Shri Rajiv Bansal, IAS (NL:88), Additional Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas as<br />Chairman & Managing Director, Air India in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary,” the Ministry of Personnel said.</p>.<p>Bansal has done an earlier stint in the aviation ministry as a director and also served in the ministry of electronics and information technology, where he looked after digital payments, IT Act, Aadhaar, and internet governance.</p>.<p>In his career spanning 33 years, Bansal has also served as secretary, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) and joint secretary, department of heavy industries.</p>.<p>A civil engineering graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 1986, Bansal has a diploma in finance from ICFAI, Hyderabad and an executive masters in international business from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi.</p>
