NEW DELHI: Senior IAS officer Vikram Dev Dutt will be the next DG of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) from next month-end when incumbent Arun Kumar superannuates.
Dutt, an IAS officer of AGMUT 1993 batch, is presently the CMD of Air India Asset Holding Ltd.
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi-headed Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has cleared Dutt to take control of as DG on February 28, 2023.
Dutt was last January selected CMD of Air India, days prior to the Maharaja was acquired by founder Tata Group.
Later on he was made head of AI Asset Holding Ltd, the business that retains the loans of AI in addition to its non-aviation possessions with the concept being that the latter will be sold to write off the loans.Before rising as AI CMD, Dutt was working as primary secretary in Delhi governments health and household well-being and later in the services department.