This position is part of the senior management team of council. Executing a central role in the strategic management and development of Council's corporate functions. It includes area of activities like - Human Resource, Legal, Secretariat and Executive Support. Responsible for external & internal communications, Stakeholder Management, Media Management, Handling legal matters, Financial responsibilities, Liaisoning with key stakeholders, Government Ministries and various authorities. Executive Responsibilities: • Leading and assisting member airlines,while ensuring efficiency of the organisation to deliver its responsibilities. • Building reputation and brand of the Federation by forging strong industry relationships with key stakeholders.• Effective liaison with government, industry regulator(s) and other related organisations/agencies.Communications Responsibilities: • Facilitate communication among the respective member’s offices of the Federation and develop an effective team effort. Plan and organize Executive Council and Sub Group meetings on a monthly/quarterly basis.• Building alliances with industry players and improving internal communication to ensure the highest level of impact amongst the relevant and key stakeholders, including external stakeholders. • Developing effective communication strategies for the organization. • Representing FIA in various committees and groups formed by the Government and regulatory authorities. Liaison with the media and corresponding with the press on behalf of FIA.Legal Responsibilities: • Coordinate and work with the legal fraternity in pursuing all matters of FIA on behalf of the member airlines before various Courts and Regulatory Authorities. • Attending the hearings pertaining to FIA matters in the Appellate Tribunal, Delhi High Court, Supreme Court and Competition Commission of India. Advising and updating the lawyers with member’s point of view/opinion regarding specific legal matters.

Director in the Governing Council of Aerospace and Aviation Sector Skill Council (AASSC), which is an apex body in skill development in the emerging Aerospace and Aviation sector. AASSC has been formed under the Government and Industry led initiative to skill Indian labour force. AASSC is one of the various Sector Skill Councils (SSC) which has been formed with the help of grant from National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). My role is to bring in domain expertise from the airline perspective and assist in formulating policies / courses to add value to the sector.

Work Profile: Correspondent (May 2005 - July 2006) in Comnet Publishers - The Publishing Wing of The Exhibitions India Group.• Worked as a Correspondent with editorial duties for the IT magazine Convergence Plus. • Responsible for layout, setting and photo editing and coordinating the advertorial content. Communicating with PR agencies for promotional activities and corporate for the Advertorials. • Covering press meets and preparing questions for special feature, cover story and coordinating with the spokesperson or their PR agencies. Taking live and telephonic interviews to be covered in the expert view section.Work Profile: Project Manager (July 2006 - August 2007) in Exhibitions India –The wing of The Exhibitions India Group responsible for conducting International exhibitions and conferences in the country.As a Project manager was responsible for conducting International exhibitions and conferences in the country. • Responsible for setting up the business targets on an annual basis and defining action plans for delivering them.• Define and prepare marketing and sales strategy to deliver the business targets.• Ensure preparation of all marketing communication activities within defined timeline for the launch of the event. • Coordinate and collaborate with the “operations department” in ensuring that the event site construction, on site management and all related activities is as per timeline and detailing per the operating norms.• Implementation of the reputation strategy of the organization by local actions and direct involvement activities planned by the management in the areas of Key Influential and Media contacts.

Worked as an editor in the editorial department for the following list of subjects: Economics, History, Medical, and Law.• Extensive author coordination/interacting with the authors regarding queries in the concerned projects. Coordinating with the production, designer, and typesetter.• Preparing the list of author queries acquired from the copy-editor and proofreader after solving the editorial queries and sending it to the relevant people. Subsequently incorporating the author replies in the proofs.• Preparing the New Book Announcement (NBA) and Price and Print Form (PPF) based on cost estimate provided by the Production.

• Worked as an Executive (Collector) for collecting AT&T long distance written off debt. • Interacting with US customers in solving their debt problems while acting as a third party collector. • Training and supervising the new comers with the process.

• Investigate the economic conditions surrounding organization’s small business activity such as industry trends and competition.• Conduct extensive market research and continue gathering information about new products and providing management with feedback • Network with other small businesspeople and assist in establish a support group.• Attend workshops, trade shows, and seminars to keep up-to-date on changes in the industry. • Following up new business opportunities and communicating new product developments to prospective clients• Overseeing the development of marketing literature and writing reports