Akums Medicine and Prescription drugs’ president of finance, Rajkumar Bafna, tendered his resignation to the pharma agency, citing Delhi’s elevated air pollution ranges.
Bafna resigned from his place with impact from Dec. 3 as a result of “his private causes”, in keeping with change paperwork on Saturday.
The agency reportedly acknowledged that they are going to “remorse his determination” however can not persuade him to remain on as a result of his well being points, in keeping with a letter to Bafna from chief monetary officer Sumeet Sood.
“I wish to inform you that due Delhi Air pollution degree I m resigning from my place as President Finance. Kindly relieve me asap,” he stated in his resignation letter.
Bafna joined as president of finance at Akums Medicine on Aug. 8, 2025, as disclosed in an earlier inventory change submitting. Earlier than becoming a member of Akums, he had beforehand served because the Key Managerial Personnel at Heranba Industries Ltd. He stepped down from that place efficient June 30, 2025, after having served in that capability for 4 years with the agrochemical firm.
Akums has not but introduced Bafna’s successor.
Waves of poisonous smog have solely elevated within the nationwide capital over the previous few weeks with the air high quality index staying within the ‘hazardous’ class.
In accordance to an information by World Burden of Illness or (GBD) knowledge, the polluted air has been related to fifteen% of all deaths in 2023.
Air high quality within the capital deteriorated steeply on Saturday, transferring nearer to the ‘extreme’ grade, with the common AQI seen to be at 385.
As air pollution ranges spiked, shut to twenty air high quality monitoring stations round Delhi recorded readings within the extreme class, as per Central Air pollution Management Board knowledge.
