Vikram Dev Dutt was appointed as the new Chairman and managing director (CMD) of the loss-making national carrier Air India, which is all set to be handed over to Tata Sons, by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions on Tuesday. Presently, he is the Principal Secretary (Tourism) in the Delhi government.
He takes over the role from Civil Aviation Secretary Rajiv Bansal and will be in the helm position till Air India is handed over to the Tata Sons.
Who is Air India’s new CMD Vikram Dev Dutt?
A 1993-batch IAS officer of AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Union Territory) cadre, Dutt is at present Principal Secretary (Tourism) in the government in the national capital. He has been promoted and appointed as the CMD of Air India in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary.
Dutt had also served as principal secretary in the Delhi government’s Health and Family Welfare Department. He has also served as principal secretary (Finance) in Andaman and…