New Delhi: Mahmood Ahmed (IP&TA&FS) has been assigned with the additional charge of the post of Managing Director (MD) of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the assignment of the additional charge of the post for a period of three months with effect from October 1, 2021, i.e. up to December 21, 2021, or till the appointment of regular incumbent or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
Ahmed is an Indian P&T Accounts and Finance Service (IP&TA&FS) officer of 1993-batch. He is currently serving as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Transport & Highways.
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is an autonomous agency of the government, set up in 1988 and is responsible for the management of a network of over 50,000 km of National Highways out of 1,15,000 km in India. It is a nodal agency of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
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