New Delhi (May 13, 2012): Commerce secretary Rahul Khullar has been appointed as the new chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) for a three-year term.
Khullar, a 1975 batch IAS officer of Delhi cadre, will succeed J. S. Sarma, whose tenure ended on Sunday. The tenure of Khullar, who was due to retire in April next year, will be till May, 2015.
“I will be joining from tomorrow,” Khullar told the news agency. Khullar, 59, will head Trai at a time when the regulator is in the line of fire of telecom operators for its recommendations on spectrum auction in which it has proposed steep high base price for radio waves.
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