<p class="title">The Andhra Pradesh government on Tuesday appointed former CMD of Air India Ashwani Lohani as the Chairman of the AP Tourism Development Corporation, assigning him the rank of a Cabinet minister.</p>.<p class="title">The appointment is for a period of one year, according to an order issued by Chief Secretary Nilam Sawhney. A retired officer of the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers, Lohani had previously served as CMD of India Tourism Development Corporation and also Chairman of Railway Board.</p>.<p class="title">The AP government expects Lohani's experience in varied sectors would help harness the tourism potential of the state. He is the second former bureaucrat brought in from New Delhi for a key post in the state, with the rank of a Cabinet minister, after former Union Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg.</p>.<p class="title">Garg was early this month appointed as an advisor (resource mobilisation) to the Chief Minister with a Cabinet rank for a two-year period. </p>
<p class="title">The Andhra Pradesh government on Tuesday appointed former CMD of Air India Ashwani Lohani as the Chairman of the AP Tourism Development Corporation, assigning him the rank of a Cabinet minister.</p>.<p class="title">The appointment is for a period of one year, according to an order issued by Chief Secretary Nilam Sawhney. A retired officer of the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers, Lohani had previously served as CMD of India Tourism Development Corporation and also Chairman of Railway Board.</p>.<p class="title">The AP government expects Lohani's experience in varied sectors would help harness the tourism potential of the state. He is the second former bureaucrat brought in from New Delhi for a key post in the state, with the rank of a Cabinet minister, after former Union Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg.</p>.<p class="title">Garg was early this month appointed as an advisor (resource mobilisation) to the Chief Minister with a Cabinet rank for a two-year period. </p>