The Cabinet Committee on Appointments has approved the appointment of senior IAS officer Vikram Dev Dutt as the next director general of the Directorate of General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
Dutt, a 1993-batch IAS officer of the AGMUT cadre is currently serving as the chairman and managing director (CMD) of Air India Asset Holding Ltd. The officer will take over his new position on 28 February, upon the superannuation of incumbent DGCA Chief Arun Kumar, who was serving as the aviation regulator since July 2019.
Dutt was the last government-appointed chairman and managing director of Air India. Dutt was given the Air India CMD charge in January 2022. In April, he was appointed as the CMD of AIAHL, a special-purpose vehicle formed by the government for the transfer of non-core assets of Air India. Dutt had earlier served in roles such as the principal secretary for finance in the government of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, principal secretary for health and family welfare department in the Delhi government, secretary of tourism in the govt of Goa, and the managing director of India Tourism Development Corporation.
