New Delhi (02.06.2021): Indianmandarins has reliably learned that the Search Committee under the chairmanship of V K Saraswat, Member (Science & Tech), NITI Aayog, on Wednesday, selected Sanjiv Nandan Sahai (Retd IAS:1986:UT) for the post of Chairman, Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB). Former Union Secretary in Ministry of Power on January 31 this year.

If some well-placed sources are to be believed Sahai was not even an applicant yet virtually made a last-minute entry into the list of candidates.