230 eminent applicants for high profile CCI jobs

As many as 230 persons, including ex-Finance Secretary Ashok Chawla, former Corporate Affairs Secretary R Bandyopadhyay and other senior bureaucrats and eminent economists have lined up for the two high profile jobs at the country’s anti-monopoly watchdog, Competition Commission of India (CCI).

A total of 65 persons, including Chawla and Bandyopadhyay, are among the probable candidates for the position of CCI Chairman, while another 165 persons have lined up for the position of secretary at the commission, sources close to the matter said.

Chawla retired as Finance Secretary on January 31 and currently heads a committee on allocation, pricing and utilisation of natural resources.