Former IAS officer Subhash Chandra Khuntia was today appointed as the new Chairman of Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India (IRDAI) for three-years.
His appointment was approved by Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), IRDAI said in a statement.
Khuntia will succeed TS Vijayan, who completed his five-year term in February.
The post has been lying vacant since February 21.
Khuntia was a 1981-batch Karnataka cadre officer.
“The ACC has approved the appointment of Shri Subhash Chandra Khuntia...To the post of Chairperson, IRDAI for a period of three years w.e.f.”