Former home secy Anil Baijal appointed next Delhi LG

New Delhi: Former Home Secretary Anil Baijal was today appointed as the next Lieutenant Governor of Delhi with President Pranab Mukherjee today clearing his name, Rashtrapati Bhawan sources said. The Home Ministry had earlier recommended his name to the President. Earlier, the President accepted the resignation of Najeeb Jung as Delhi Lt Governor. 1969 batch IAS officer, Baijal had served as Union Home Secretary under former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee government besides holding key positions in other ministries. Mr Baijal had retired from service in 2006 as Secretary, Urban Development Ministry.

He has held several eminent positions, including that of Union Home Secretary, Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Airlines, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation at Government of India. He started off in the Indian Administrative Service in 1969 from the Union Territories Cadre. Mr Baijal has served as an Independent Director of MMTC Ltd from June 12, 2009 to June 11, 2012. 70-year-old Baijal was CEO of Prasar Bharati. He has also held the post of Additional Secretary in the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.

Mr Baijal was actively associated with the designing and roll-out of Rs 60,000 crore Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) launched by the Manmohan Singh government. The former bureaucrat was also on the executive council of the think-tank Vivekananda International Foundation, several of whose former members have been appointed to senior positions by the Modi government including National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. Mr Najeeb Jung had resigned the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi on December 22, several months ahead of the end of his tenure. (UNI)