The Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor to the Civil Aviation Ministry and air safety regulator chief, EK Bharat Bhushan has offered to resign from the Air India Board, according to a civil aviation ministry official. However, the ministry has not responded to his offer yet.
The Board’s strength was reduced to 10 after two independent directors — Amit Mitra and industrialist Anand Mahindra — quit recently. While two functional directors — Anup Srivastava and Amod Sharma — completed their five-year term.
In his letter, said sources, Bhushan wrote that there is a potential conflict of interest as he also holds the post of the air safety regulator. In December last year, Bhushan was appointed as the Director General of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for a period of six-months till June. The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) recently extended his tenure by six months after the ministry failed to find a suitable candidate for the critical job.
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