Senior bureaucrat Alka Upadhyaya has been appointed as the Chairperson of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) as part of a major bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre. Upadhyaya, a 1990-batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, is currently Additional Secretary, Department of Rural Development.
Sanjay Bandopadhyay, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, has been named Chairman, Inland Waterways Authority of India, a Personnel Ministry order said.