IndiGo’s guardian firm, InterGlobe Aviation Ltd, has introduced that Amitabh Kant will be a part of its board as a Non-Government Director, pending regulatory and shareholder approvals.
A veteran bureaucrat and member of the 1980 Kerala cadre of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Kant has been instrumental in a number of nationwide campaigns reminiscent of ‘Make in India,’ ‘Startup India,’ and the acclaimed ‘Unbelievable India’ tourism initiative. His most up-to-date task was as India’s G20 Sherpa through the nation’s presidency, the place he was pivotal in forging consensus on the New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration, tackling points like local weather finance, digital infrastructure, world financial issues, and reforms in key geopolitical and technological sectors.
Kant has loved a distinguished profession of over 4 a long time. His management additionally contains roles with the Nationwide Highways Authority of India, India’s Nationwide Statistical Fee, branding initiatives like Unbelievable India, and infrastructure initiatives like Calicut Airport’s enlargement.
Kant additionally served a six-year tenure because the CEO of NITI Aayog, steering vital applications just like the Aspirational Districts Programme, which gained reward from the UNDP for uplifting growth indices in lagging areas.
Welcoming Kant to the board, Vikram Singh Mehta, Chairman of the Board of Administrators of IndiGo,mentioned, “IndiGo is delighted to welcome Amitabh Kant as a Board member. Mr. Kant is a distinguished persona with wealthy administrative expertise on the nationwide and world degree. His management qualities developed over time by managing and delivering profitable initiatives of worldwide scale will profit IndiGo immensely, particularly in its fast-paced worldwide enlargement. IndiGo’s group can leverage his broad primarily based expertise and information in reaching its imaginative and prescient of changing into a worldwide participant by 2030.”
Expressing his enthusiasm about his new function, Kant remarked: “IndiGo has been transformative for air journey in India. I’m desirous to contribute to its progress journey, help its world aspirations, and assist place Indian airports as very important hubs for connectivity and commerce.”
