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Retired technocrat Ashwani Lohani took charge as the chairman and managing director (CMD) of Air India on Friday, 15 February.
He took the charge in presence of recently appointed Civil Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola and senior officials of the national carrier.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on 13 February cleared Lohani's re-induction on a contract basis for a one-year tenure.
Lohani is a 1980-batch IRSME (Indian Railway Service Mechanical Engineering) officer hailing from Madhya Pradesh.
He had headed the national carrier from August 2017 to September 2017 before being moved to the Railway Board as the chairman, from where he retired in December 2018.
Kharola was the chief of Air India till 6 February, when he was transferred to the position of civil aviation secretary.
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