Former Railway Board Chief Anil Kumar Lahoti has been appointed as the chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) after the position felt vacant four months back.

• Former chief PD Vaghela vacated the post in November 2023 after his two-year tenure ended. 
• Lahoti will replace TRAI member Meenakshi Gupta who was given the additional charge of the top post for the time being.
• Anil Kumar Lahoti is a 1984-batch Indian Railway Service of Engineer (IRSE), Lahoti holds a degree in Civil Engineering from Madhya Pradesh’s Madhav Institute of Technology and Master of Engineering in Structures from University of Roorkee, now IIT Roorkee.