The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) appointed BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra as the chairman of India Tourism Development Corporation.
Earlier, he had served as an independent Director of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). ACC has approved Tourism Ministry’s proposal to split the post of chairman and managing director of ITDC into chairman, ITDC, and managing director (MD), ITDC.
Managing Director of ITDC: GKV Rao.