Rahul Khullar

Rahul Khullar was an IAS officer of the 1975 batch and a former chairman of the Telecom [Regulatory Authority of India].

Early life and education

Khullar was in the 1969 undergraduate batch in Economics at the St. Stephen's College, Delhi where he was a contemporary of economist Kaushik Basu and NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar. He completed his post-graduation from the Delhi [School of Economics]. He subsequently obtained a PhD in economics from Boston University after joining the Indian Administrative Service in 1975.

He was the secretary of the Ministry of Commerce and Trade prior to his selection as chairman of TRAI by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet. He had a three-year term and one of the first orders of business for him was to sort out the various claims over the new auction and the 2G case. He was also a former Income Tax Commissioner.
In recent years, he had been teaching economics and mathematics at Vasant Valley School in New Delhi, India.

He was married to IAS batchmate and former chairperson of Niti Aayog Sindhushree Khullar and they have two daughters.

He died on 23 February 2021, following a long illness.