Vikram Dev Dutt is the following DGCA chief; to take cost after Arun Kumar’s superannuation

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has authorised the appointment of Vikram Dev Dutt as the following director basic within the Directorate of General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

He is presently the Chairman and Managing Directior of Air India Asset Holding Ltd. Dutt will take cost after the superannuation of Arun Kumar on February 28. 

DGCA is authorities’s statutory physique to manage civil aviation in India primarily coping with questions of safety. It is liable for the regulation of air transport companies to/from/inside India and for the enforcement of civil air rules, air security and airworthiness requirements. It additionally coordinates all regulatory capabilities with International Civil Aviation Organisation. Its headquarters is positioned in New Delhi with regional places of work throughout nation.

Who is Vikram Dev Dutt?

A 1993-batch IAS officer of AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Union Territory) cadre, Vikram Dev Dutt was appointed Chairman and managing director (CMD) of Air India by the federal government earlier than it being handed over to Tata Sons.

Before that, Dutt was Principal Secretary (Tourism) within the Delhi authorities. He had additionally served as principal secretary within the Health and Family Welfare Department of the federal government within the nationwide capital.

He has additionally served as principal secretary (Finance) in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Secretary (Tourism) Goa authorities, and Managing Director (MD) of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC).

A BTech in Electronics and a Master of Business Administration (MBA), Dutt’s different assignments embrace Secretary within the Transport Department of the Delhi authorities and Joint Secretary within the Personnel and General Administration, Daman Diu/Dadra Nagar Haveli.