Question: Recently who has assumed office as the chairman of Airports Authority of India (AAI)?
(a) Vikas Jaiswal
(b) Guruprasad Mohapatra
(c) Deepak Mishra
(d) Neelam Mukherjee
Ans: (b)
Related facts:
- On 19 July 2016 Guruprasad Mohapatra took over as Chairman, Airports Authority of India.
- He is an IAS Officer of Gujarat Cadre, (1986 Batch)
- Earlier he was joint secretary in the Commerce Ministry.
- The Government of India constituted the International Airports Authority of India (IAAI) in 1972 to manage the nation’s international airports.
- While the National Airports Authority (NAA) was constituted in 1986 to look after domestic airports.
- The organizations were merged in April 1995 by an Act of Parliament and was named as Airports Authority of India (AAI).
- This new organization was to be responsible for creating, upgrading, maintaining and managing civil aviation infrastructure both on the ground and air space in the country.
Reference:
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/mohapatra-takes-charge-as-aai-chairman-116071901099_1.html
http://www.aai.aero/misc/Chairman-joining190716.pdf