Anuj Aggarwal gets additional charge as AAI chairman

Mumbai: Airports Authority of India (AAI) Board member Anuj Aggarwal has been given additional charge of the post of AAI chairman following Guruprasad Mohapatra demitting the office to join commerce ministry as Secretary, DPIIT, an official statement said on Thursday.

The temporary appointment of Aggarwal, who is the Member (HR), is effective from August 1, it said.

"The competent authority has approved the enstrustment of additional charge of the post of chairman AAI to Anuj Aggarwal, member (HR), in addition to his own duties for a period of three months or until further orders, whichever is earlier," said a civil aviation ministry order of July 31.

Mohaptara, a 1986-Gujarat cadre IAS, was appointed as Secretary in the department for promotion of industry and internal trade (DPIIT) on July 25.

Aggarwal, the senior-most member, has been serving the AAI board since December 2014.