Names of Rahul Khullar and Indu Liberhan doing rounds as possible successor of Sarma
May 9, 2012 – It had been a point of debate for the last few weeks. Today, the suspense ended when an extension was denied to current Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) chairman, JS Sarma. Till date no Trai chairman has been given an extension. To do that would have meant amending the Trai Act.
Till quite recently it was believed that Sarma would get an extension for anything between two to six months since he had just announced the reserve price for the auction of spectrum. But, the furore over the recommendations on spectrum pricing has apparently been so great that the government decided not to extend his term.
As things stand, Sarma, who took over as chairman on 14 May 2009, will now sign off on Friday 11 May.
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