Indian Civil Aviation is completing 100 years on 18th February, 2011.  The year 2011-12 will be declared as the Civil Aviation Centenary Year, starting from 18th February, 2011 and ending on the same date in 2012.  On this date in 1911, the first commercial plane flew in India between Allahabad and Naini.  Since then, aviation in India has grown from strength to strength. Today India is the 9th largest civil aviation market in the world and this forward march is likely to culminate in India becoming one of the three largest markets in the world by 2020. 

To commemorate  the occasion, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has constituted a high level committee to be chaired by the Minister for Civil Aviation Shri Praful Patel to deliberate on the scale and the modalities of the celebrations.   The committee includes former Civil Aviation Ministers Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad, Mr. Sharad Yadav, Mr. Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Mr. Shahnawaz Hussain and Mr. Anant Kumar;  eminent Indians who have contributed to Indian Civil Aviation like  Mr. Rakesh Sharma, first Indian Cosmonaut, Mr. Vijaypath Singhania,   Air Marshal Arjan Singh, Ms. Saudamini Deshmukh, the first lady pilot in the commander’s seat in India, Shri Satish Sharma, MP  and Chairman of Aeroclub of India, Captain G. Gopinath, Shri  Dipinder Hooda,  MP, Shri Naveen Jindal, MP, Secretaries of the Ministries of Civil Aviation, Defence and Tourism, Chairpersons of  all Indian airlines, Chairpersons of all Indian airports, CMD Pawan Hans, Chairman ISRO, representatives of Tour and Travel Operators,  eminent pilots, representatives of IGRUA, NFTI, NAL, HAL, BCAS, DGCA and the Ministry of Civil Aviation.  The Committee will :

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