Rahul Khullar

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]

Rahul Khullar IAS
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	(1953-04-05)5 April 1953
Died	23 February 2021(2021-02-23) (aged 67)
Occupation	Civil Servant

Early life and education

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 Ph.D 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.

Death

He died on 23 February 2021, following a long illness.^[9][10]