Senior IAS officer Raghav Chandra has taken over as the Chairman of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Monday.
Mr. Chandra succeeds Road Transport and Highways Secretary Vijay Chhibber, who was given the additional charge of the key post in June for three months after relinquishment of charge by former chairman R.P. Singh on completion of his tenure.
“Raghav Chandra has taken over as Chairman, NHAI today. He is an IAS officer of the 1982 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre, who has held important positions in the central government and the government of Madhya Pradesh,” an official statement said.
“He has vast experience in field of urban development, commerce, industry, human resource development, finance and infrastructure development. He has held various crucial assignments in roads & transport sector in various capacities,” the statement said.
