New Delhi, Jan. 4 -- Senior IAS officer Faiz Ahmed Kidwai has been appointed the chief of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) as part of a senior-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Friday.
The 1996-batch IAS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre is currently serving as an additional secretary in the department of agriculture and farmers welfare, and received approval for the new role from the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet. He has been appointed as Director General in the DGCA "in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary to the Government of India by keeping the Recruitment Rules of the post in abeyance", the department of personnel and training order said.
It added that Ashutosh Agnihotri, additional sec...