Delhi lieutenant governor (L-G) Anil Baijal resigned citing personal reasons on Wednesday, stating that he has submitted the resignation to President Ram Nath Kovind. He is a 1969 batch AGMUT cadre, short for Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory, IAS officer. He has served in Delhi as a former vice-chairman of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA).
Mr. Baijal was appointed the home secretary in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government after which he was transferred to the urban development ministry by the Congress-led UPA government where he oversaw the planning and implementation of the ₹60,000 crore Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission.
During his 37-year career in the bureaucracy, he had stints as the chairman and managing director of Indian Airlines, chief executive officer of Prasar Bharati Corporation, development commissioner of Goa and counsellor in charge of India’s aid programme in Nepal.
