Dr Sharad Kumar appointed as Member (Operations) of AAI

New Delhi: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Dr Sharad Kumar for the post of Member (Operations) of Airports Authority of India (AAI). Presently, he is serving as Airport Director at Chennai Airport.  

Dr Kumar has over 30 years of experience and expertise in Construction, maintenance & modification of Airports in India. He started his career in AAI in 1990 at Jammu Airport and later worked in diverse capacities in various Airports in India like Mumbai, Delhi CHQ, Goa, Jabalpur, Nagpur, Sikkim, covering all 05 regions.

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He was instrumental in the day-to-day operation & smooth functioning of Biju Patnaik International Airport, Bhubaneswar and Srinagar International Airport as Airport Director before joining Chennai.  Dr Kumar is a Graduate of Civil Engineering from the South Gujarat University of SVNIT, India, and MBA in Human Resource Management.

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He holds a Ph. D., in Management from KIITS, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India. He has addressed various seminars on aviation matters in India and abroad and is a sought after key note speaker on such forums.

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