New Delhi: Natarajan Chandrasekaran of the Tata Group has been named as the new chairman of Air India. The Air India board approved Chandrasekaran's appointment as chairman on Monday.
His appointment comes weeks after Tata group had announced Turkey's Ilker Ayci as the chief executive of Air India. Ayci, however, declined the Tata Group's offer as "some sections of the Indian media" had attempted to "colour" his appointment in an undesirable manner.
Salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Group had on October 8 last year won the bid to acquire debt-laden state-run Air India by offering Rs 18,000 crore for it. Sources said Chandrasekaran's appointment as the chairman of the airline was cleared by its board last week. Chandrasekaran is the Chairman of Tata Sons, the holding company and promoter of more than 100 Tata operating companies. He joined the Board of Tata Sons in October 2016 and was appointed Chairman in January 2017.
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