Air India CMD Pradeep Singh Kharola appointed Civil Aviation secretary

NEW DELHI: Air India chief Pradeep Singh Kharola has been appointed Civil Aviation secretary as part of a minor bureaucratic reshuffle effected on Wednesday, according to an official order.nnKharola, a 1985 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre, was in November 2017 named chairman and managing director of Air India Ltd.nnThe vacancy had come up due to the superannuation of Rajiv Nayan Choubey on January 31.nnChoubey has taken over as member in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).nnSource: Press Trust of India