Turnaround man Ashwani Lohani has been appointed as the Chairman & Managing Director of Air India for the second time. Lohani superannuated as Chairman of the Railway Board on December 31, 2018. The Cabinet committee on appointments cleared his re-induction on a contract basis for one-year tenure.
“The appointments committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Ashwani Lohani to the post of chairman and managing director of Air India on contract basisfor one year or until further orders,” the Department of Personnel and Training said.
Lohani headed the carrier from August 2017 to September 2017. He is a 1980-batch IRSME (Indian Railway Service Mechanical Engineering) officer hailing from Madhya Pradesh.
