IAS Pradeep Singh Kharola appointed new Air India Chairman
The government on Tuesday appointed Pradeep Singh Kharola, a 1985-batch IAS officer of the Karnataka Cadre, as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Air India. Kharola was the Managing Director of Bangalore Metro since 2013. He will replace Rajiv Bansal, who has been serving as the interim CMD of Air India for over three months.