Former Secretary of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dr M. M. Kutty, has been appointed chairperson of the newly set up Commission for Air Quality Management in the National capital Region and Adjoining areas. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the appointment of the new chairperson on Thursday, along with Joint Secretary Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Arvind Nautiyal, as a full time member of the commission and Ramesh K.J, former DG IMD and Professor Mukesh Khare of IIT-Delhi as full time technical members of the new body.
The Union Environment Ministry today announced the composition of the new commission which will include Dr. Ajay Mathur, DG TERI and Ashish Dhawan of the Air Pollution Action Group as the NGO representatives on the body.
