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Senior Bureaucrat PD Vaghela Appointed TRAI Chairman
He will succeed RS Sharma, who completes his tenure on Wednesday.
28 Sep 2020, 10:48 PM IST 
A man uses mobile phones in Mumbai, India, on Monday. (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)
Senior bureaucrat PD Vaghela was on Monday appointed as chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, according to a Personnel Ministry order.
Vaghela, a 1986-batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre, is currently Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals.
He has been appointed as the TRAI chief for three years or till he attains the age of 65, the order said.
Vaghela was due to retire on Wednesday.
He will succeed RS Sharma, who completes his tenure on Wednesday.
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