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| honorific_suffix    = [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| honorific_suffix    = [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| name      = Rahul Khullar  
| name      = Rahul Khullar  
| image      = Rahul Khullar.jpg
| image      =
| office    = Chairman [[Telecom Regulatory Authority of India]]
| office    = Chairman [[Telecom Regulatory Authority of India]]
| termstart  = 15 May 2012
| termstart  = 15 May 2012
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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 (economist)|Rajiv Kumar]]. He completed his post-graduation from the [[Delhi School of Economics]]. He subsequently obtained a Ph.D in Economics from Boston University after joining the [[Indian Administrative Service]] in 1975.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top administrator and former TRAI chief Rahul Khullar no more |url=https://government.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/governance/top-administrator-and-former-trai-chief-rahul-khullar-no-more/81171252 |website=ET Government |publisher=Economic Times |access-date=25 February 2021}}</ref>
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 (economist)|Rajiv Kumar]]. He completed his post-graduation from the [[Delhi School of Economics]]. He subsequently obtained a Ph.D in Economics from Boston University after joining the [[Indian Administrative Service]] in 1975.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top administrator and former TRAI chief Rahul Khullar no more |url=https://government.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/governance/top-administrator-and-former-trai-chief-rahul-khullar-no-more/81171252 |website=ET Government |publisher=Economic Times |access-date=25 February 2021}}</ref>
==Career==
==Career==
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://profit.ndtv.com/news/corporates/article-who-is-rahul-khullar-304189 |title=Who is Rahul Khullar |publisher=NDTV Profit |date=2012-05-14 |accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/Rahul-Khullar |title=Rahul Khullar: Latest News & Videos, Photos about Rahul Khullar |work=The Economic Times |accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/18165287.cms |title=Telcos cannot take freedom to fix tariffs for granted, says Trai chairman, Rahul Khullar |work=The Economic Times |date=2013-01-25 |accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/18167499.cms |title=Consumers should be offered lowest mobile call rates: Kapil Sibal |work=The Economic Times |date=2013-01-24 |accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Rahul-Khullar-to-be-new-Trai-chairman/articleshow/13122304.cms |title=Rahul Khullar to be new Trai chairman |work=The Times of India |date=2012-05-13 |accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/government-appoints-rahul-khullar-as-trai-chairman/1/188709.html |title=Government appoints commerce secretary Rahul Khullar as Trai chairman |work=India Today |date=2012-05-14 |accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://profit.ndtv.com/news/corporates/article-who-is-rahul-khullar-304189 |title=Who is Rahul Khullar |publisher=NDTV Profit |date=2012-05-14 |accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/Rahul-Khullar |title=Rahul Khullar: Latest News & Videos, Photos about Rahul Khullar |work=The Economic Times |accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/18165287.cms |title=Telcos cannot take freedom to fix tariffs for granted, says Trai chairman, Rahul Khullar |work=The Economic Times |date=2013-01-25 |accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/18167499.cms |title=Consumers should be offered lowest mobile call rates: Kapil Sibal |work=The Economic Times |date=2013-01-24 |accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Rahul-Khullar-to-be-new-Trai-chairman/articleshow/13122304.cms |title=Rahul Khullar to be new Trai chairman |work=The Times of India |date=2012-05-13 |accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/government-appoints-rahul-khullar-as-trai-chairman/1/188709.html |title=Government appoints commerce secretary Rahul Khullar as Trai chairman |work=India Today |date=2012-05-14 |accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref>
In recent years, he had been teaching Economics and Mathematics at Vasant Valley School in New Delhi, India.
In recent years, he had been teaching Economics and Mathematics at Vasant Valley School in New Delhi, India.


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
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He was married to IAS batchmate and former Chairperson of [[Niti Aayog]] Sindhushree Khullar and they have two daughters.
He was married to IAS batchmate and former Chairperson of [[Niti Aayog]] Sindhushree Khullar and they have two daughters.
==Death==
==Death==
He died on 23 February 2021, following a long illness.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Phadnis|first=Aditi|date=2021-02-24|title=Rahul Khullar, a man who stood tall for 'the little guy', passes away|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/rahul-khullar-a-man-who-stood-tall-for-the-little-guy-passes-away-121022301608_1.html|access-date=2021-02-25}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/former-trai-chief-rahul-khullar-passes-away/81165986 |title=Former Trai chief Rahul Khullar passes away |website=The Economic Times |date=23 February 2021 }}</ref>
He died on 23 February 2021, following a long illness.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Phadnis|first=Aditi|date=2021-02-24|title=Rahul Khullar, a man who stood tall for 'the little guy', passes away|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/rahul-khullar-a-man-who-stood-tall-for-the-little-guy-passes-away-121022301608_1.html|access-date=2021-02-25}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/former-trai-chief-rahul-khullar-passes-away/81165986 |title=Former Trai chief Rahul Khullar passes away |website=The Economic Times |date=23 February 2021 }}</ref>
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==References==
==References==
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==External Links==  
==External Links==
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