New Delhi: Air India is likely to get a career bureaucrat yet again as its next chairman and managing director, with the search and selection committee formed by the civil aviation ministry expected to pick an IAS officer to steer the debt-laden national carrier.
The Prime Minister's Office has given the deadline of middle of next month to the committee, which will be headed by cabinet secretary Ajit Seth and have secretaries of civil aviation ministry and the department of personnel and training among its members, to find a suitable candidate, a senior civil aviation ministry official said.
"We have formed a search and selection committee to select Air India CMD because the Public Enterprise Selection Board has not been able to find a suitable candidate for the job yet," said the official, who did not wish to be identified.
PESB had invited applications till September 27 and the interviews were scheduled on October 21. However, the interviews had to be postponed since the PESB could not shortlist candidates.
11/12/14 Mihir Mishra/Economic Times
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The Prime Minister's Office has given the deadline of middle of next month to the committee, which will be headed by cabinet secretary Ajit Seth and have secretaries of civil aviation ministry and the department of personnel and training among its members, to find a suitable candidate, a senior civil aviation ministry official said.
"We have formed a search and selection committee to select Air India CMD because the Public Enterprise Selection Board has not been able to find a suitable candidate for the job yet," said the official, who did not wish to be identified.
PESB had invited applications till September 27 and the interviews were scheduled on October 21. However, the interviews had to be postponed since the PESB could not shortlist candidates.
11/12/14 Mihir Mishra/Economic Times
