Former petroleum secretary Girish Chaturvedi in line for NSE top job

Former secretary and erstwhile SBI deputy MD inducted as public interest directors

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has inducted former petroleum secretary Girish Chandra Chaturvedi and State Bank of India (SBI) former deputy managing director Anuradha Rao into its board as public interest directors (PIDs).

Sources say Chaturvedi, who is a 1977-batch IAS officer, could even fill the chairman’s post, which is lying vacant since January. This comes as Ashok Chawla stepped down after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was granted sanction to prosecute him in the Aircel-Maxis case.

The appointments were approved by the NSE board at its meeting held earlier this week, said people in the know. Sources said the NSE,