Rahul Khullar
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Rahul Khullar | |
|---|---|
| Chairman Telecom Regulatory Authority of India | |
| In office 15 May 2012 – 14 May 2015 | |
| Preceded by | J.S. Sarma |
| Succeeded by | Ram Sewak Sharma |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 April 1953 |
| Died | 23 February 2021 (aged 67) |
| Occupation | Civil Servant |
Rahul Khullar (5 April 1953 – 23 February 2021) was an IAS officer of the 1975 batch and a former chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).[1]
Khullar was in the 1969 undergraduate batch in Economics at the St. Stephen's College, Delhi where he was a contemporary of economist Kaushik Basu and NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar. He completed his post-graduation from the Delhi School of Economics. He subsequently obtained a PhD in economics from Boston University after joining the Indian Administrative Service in 1975.[2]
Career
He was the secretary of the Ministry of Commerce and Trade prior to his selection as chairman of TRAI by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet. He had a three-year term and one of the first orders of business for him was to sort out the various claims over the new auction and the 2G case. He was also a former Income Tax Commissioner.[3][4][5][6][7][8] In recent years, he had been teaching economics and mathematics at Vasant Valley School in New Delhi, India.[citation needed]
Personal life
He was married to IAS batchmate and former chairperson of Niti Aayog Sindhushree Khullar and they have two daughters.
