Sandhu takes charge as NHAI head

New Delhi, October 28

Senior IAS officer Sukhbir Singh Sandhu on Monday took over as the chairman of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).

Sandhu succeeds Nagendra Nath Sinha who has been appointed as the Secretary, Department of Border Management.

“Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu has taken over as Chairman, NHAI, today. He is a 1988-batch IAS officer of the Uttarakhand cadre, who has held important positions in the Central government and the Governments of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab,” the NHAI said.

Sandhu was Additional Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development. He has done his MBBS from Government Medical College, Amritsar, and Master’s Degree in History from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, and he is also a law graduate. — PTI