Bhubaneswar, March 31:Senior Odisha cadre IAS officer Vir Vikram Yadav, who is currently serving as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has been appointed as Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) chief.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved his appointment as the DG, DGCA.

The government on Tuesday appointed senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Vir Vikram Yadav as the Director General of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), replacing Faiz Ahmed Kidwai.

“Shri Vir Vikram Yadav, IAS (OR: 96), Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change as Director General, Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Civil Aviation in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary to the Government of India by keeping the Recruitment Rules of the post in abeyance vice Shri Faiz Ahmed Kidwai, IAS (MP:96) upon his appointment as Additional Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training. Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions,” the order read.

Earlier, Yadav served as Works Secretary in government of Odisha and Chief Administrator of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA). Apart from it, Yadav also served as Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Secretary in the state.