As many as 41 Senior officials have applied for the post of Chairman, National Highway Authority of India. Accordingly,
- Sh. Shafeeque P.
- Sh. Subhash Ishvarbhai Patel, Former Addl CEO, Gujarat Disaster Management Authority
- Major General Harinder Bhanot , VSM, ADG, Army
- Dr. Virendra Kumar Yadav, Former ADG, BRO
- Sh. Sudhir Kumar, Member(PPP), NHAI
- Sh. Sanjay Pratap Singh, Pr Secretary, Delhi Govt
- Dr. Sudhir Kr. Ranga, Director Center for Development Study, Haryana
- Sh. S. P. S. Bakshi, CMD of Engineering Project India Ltd
- Dr. Gurdial Singh Sandhu, Chairman, NAWCC
- Sh. Sudhir Krishna, Former Secretary, UD
- Sh. Mahesh Kumar, Haryana PWD
- Sh. Ajay Mehta, Pr. Secy Environment
- Sh. Ravindra Singh, Secy, Ministry of Culture
- Sh. Suresh Srivastava, Senior Vice President, Archon Engicon Ltd, Ahmedabad
- Dr. Vishwapati Trivedi, Retd. Chairman, National Shipping Board
- Dr. Dinesh Kumar Goyal, Ex Addl Chief Secretary, Govt of Rajasthan
- Sh. Arun Kumar Jain, Former Secretary, W&CD
- Sh. Parvez Keki Umrigar, Former ED Gammon
- Sh. Vinod Kumar, Director Associated Consulting Engineers Pvt Ltd
- Sh. R. P. Indoria, Former DG, RD
- Sh. Pankaj Jain, Former Secretary
- Sh. Bimal Julka, Secy, I&B
- Sh. N. Ravi Shankar, Chief Secretary, Uttarakhand
- Sh. Vinod Kumar Gupta, IRSE, Member Engineering, Railway Board
- Sh. Pradeep Kumar Deb, Former Secretary, Youth Affairs
- Maj Gen S. Narasimhan, VSM, Retd, Army officer
- Sh. Anoop Kumar Mittal, CMD, NBCC Ltd
- Sh. Rajendra Mohan Malla, Former CMD, IDBI
- Sh. Suresh Kumar, Addl Chief Secretary, Punjab Govt
- Sh. V. K. Gupta, Retd DG, CPWD
- Sh. Shiv Shankar Gupta, Former Addl Chief Secretary, Govt of Meghalaya
- Sh.. Sudhir Bhargava, Former Secretary, SJ&E
- Sh. Rohit Modi, CEO, Suzlon Energy Ltd
- Sh. Sudhir Prasad, DG, ATI Govt of Jharkhand
- Dr. C. N. Gopi Nath Reddy, IPS, Retd. Former DG & IG, Police Dept Andhra Pradesh
- Sh. Ajit M. Sharan, Secy, Dept of Sports
- Sh. K. L. Dhingra, CMD, ITI Ltd
- Dr. Vijay Satbir Singh, Pr Secy, Govt of Maharashtra
- Sh. Narendra Kumar, Pr Secy, UD, Delhi Govt
- Sh. Prem Narain, Former Secy, OIA
- Sh. M. R. Kamble, Pr. Secretary, PWD, Karnataka