Arvind Jadhav may be shunted out as Air India chief this month

New Delhi: Arvind Jadhav’s days as the chairman and managing director of Air India are numbered. If persistent political buzz is to be believed, the government is preparing to move him out of the top job later this month.
Though officials in the ministry of civil aviation said they had not moved any official communication to the Cabinet Committee on Appointments on the matter, it seems Jadhav’s handling of the financial mess at Air India came in for severe criticism in a meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) earlier this month.
With several of his Cabinet colleagues openly criticising Jadhav, Union civil aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi is believed to have subsequently agreed to relieve Jadhav of his duties.
When contacted, Jadhav told DNA, “Haven’t heard any such news myself so will not be able to comment”. Ravi did not respond to queries. Jadhav has already been empanelled as a secretary to the government and may eventually be appointed on this post but it is not clear till now who would succeed Jadhav in Air India.
In his two years at the helm, Jadhav has been seen by airline insiders as lacking people skills. Also, there has been continuous friction between him and the ministry of civil aviation since he has the backing of the Prime Minister’s Office.
09/08/11 Sindhu Bhattacharya/Daily News & Analysis

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