As part of the year long events to celebrate the centenary year of Civil Aviation in India, and on the occasion of the International Women’s day on 8th March, 2011, the Ministry of Civil Aviation will highlight the role of women aviators in civil aviation in India. The Ministry of Civil Aviation will felicitate women aviators, who have contributed significantly to the civil aviation in India. Shri VayalarRavi, Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs and Civil Aviation, Smt Ambika Soni Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Smt Jayanthi Natarajan, Member of Parliament, will be present on the occasion.
The women who will be felicitated are:-
Pioneer Pilots
- Late Capt. Prem Mathur – First woman to obtain Commercial Pilot License.
- Capt. Durba Banerjee – First woman Commander of an airline.
- Ms. Chanda Budhabhatti – Pioneer Pilot and Founder of Indian Women Pilots’ Association.
Airlines
- Ms. Bhubaneshwari Gautam – First woman Aircraft Maintenance Engineer.
- Capt. Aruna Kandarpa – First woman Helicopter Pilot.
- Capt. Sonica Chhabra – First woman Instructor/Examiner in airlines.
- Ms. Harpreet A De Singh – First woman Technical Ground Instructor and First Head of Quality Management Systems of an airline.
Enterpreneurs
- Ms. Tulsi Mirchandani – CEO, Blue Dart.
- Capt. Shobha K Mani – CEO, North-East Shuttle.
DGCA
- Ms. Tuhinanshu Sharma – First woman ICAO auditor from DGCA.
Airports Authority of India
- Ms Kalpana Sethi, General Manager, (architect) AAI
- Ms K Hemalatha, General Manager (Finance), Chennai
- Ms Aryama Sanyal, Jt General Manager (ATC), Ahmedabad
- Ms R. Vasundara, Deputy General manager (CNS), Chennai
Cabin Crew of IC-814(Kathmandu – Kandhahar hijack flight)
- Ms. Sapna Menon
- Ms. RajniChandrasekhar
- Ms. Kalpana Mazumdar
- Ms. Tara Debnath
- Mr. Anil Sharma
- Mr. M.A. Satish
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