INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Former Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia was appointed as non-executive chairman of Bank of Baroda.Former Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia was
appointed as non-executive chairman of Bank of Baroda on Friday, according to a Personnel Ministry order.The Appointments Committee of the
Cabinet has approved his appointment as part-time non-official director as well as non-executive chairman on the board of Bank of Baroda for
a period of three years, it said.Mr Adhia, a 1981-batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre, superannuated on November 30 last year
He last served as the Finance Secretary.A few days before his retirement, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had described Mr Adhia as a
"no-nonsense civil servant who performed his job with professionalism".In a Facebook post, titled ''Dr
Hasmukh Adhia retires'', Mr Jaitley had said, "He was unquestionably a highly competent, disciplined, no-nonsense civil servant and of
course, with impeccable integrity."
