Who is Pradeep Singh Kharola, the new CMD of Air India?
Pradeep Singh Kharola, who has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Air India, is a Karnataka cadre IAS officer of the 1985 batch. The 56-year-old is currently the Managing Director of Bangalore Metro. Kharola has a PhD in public transport systems from IIT Delhi and was the Principal Secretary to the then CM of Karnataka in 2013.