Wishing you a Very Happy New Year-2020 Issue 11 • Oct.-Dec., 2019 (Q3) Shri Arvind Singh dons the mantle of AAI Chairman AAI spreads message of (Energy) with Maharashtra Government. He has also served as the Chairman and cleanliness by organising All Managing Director of Maharashtra State India Relay Cycle Expedition Power Generation Company Ltd. and the Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Ltd. (MSETCL). In a span of three decades, Shri Arvind Singh has served in various ministries including Commerce and Shipping and as Private Shri Arvind Singh, Maharashtra cadre IAS Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture. officer of 1988 batch, has assumed the charge of Chairman of AAI post his appointment As Chairman, Shri Singh will lead the to the post with effect from November 6, efforts to sync the AAI with its mission, 2019. 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Anima Sonowal wins Gold medal the participants were felicitated and at International Athletic event in Malaysia motivated with the words of encouragement It was a proud moment for Airports Authority by Shri Premchand Aggarwal, Hon’ble of India at Guwahati Airport as Smt Anima Speaker of Uttarakhand Assembly. Sonowal, wife of Shri Sandeswar Sonowal, Senior Superintendent (Fire Services), Guwahati Airport, The 12 cyclists through their mission won gold medal in high jump & pole vault, and a disseminated the message of “Swachh Bharat bronze in hurdles at Master Athletics Meet, 2019 Hara Bharat - Say No to Plastic”. Upon held in Malaysia on December 6, 2019. their return, the participants were received by Shri Anuj Aggarwal, Member (HR) and A felicitation function was held at AAI’s Regional Shri I.N. Murthy, Member (Operations) Headquarters, Guwahati where Shri Sanjeev Jindal, along with officials from AAISCB-CHQ Regional Executive Director, NER honoured at AAI Officers Institute and presented Smt Anima in the presence of her family members. mementos and certificates. 1 AAI observes Vigilance Awareness Week 2019 NER wins AAI All India the objective of VAW is to sensitize and Football Tournament encourage all towards preventive vigilance and support the fight against corruption. Continuing the discussion, Shri Suresh Borkar, GM (Vigilance) highlighted the milestones achieved by AAI’s Vigilance Directorate in the last one year, including the highest ever recovery, 23 awareness workshops and establishment of at least one As per directives of Central Vigilance Integrity Club in each State/UT across the Commission, AAI observed Vigilance country. Awareness Week (VAW-2019) from As part of AAI’s mission of ‘Going Plastic October 28 to November 2, 2019 to spread During the week-long programme, various Free,’ RSCB, NER hosted the AAI All the message of maintaining core values of activities such as lectures, debates and panel India Inter Zonal Football Tournament, declaring honesty and sincerity across all its airports discussions, poster making, slogan writing the sports event as plastic free. and establishments. The theme of this year and essay writing competitions, elocution, Held at Laxmibai National Institute of Physical VAW is ‘Integrity – A way of Life’. cartoon and quiz were conducted at many Education, Sonapur, Assam from October 11–15, of the airports. 2019, the tournament was won by North East On the inaugural day, the event started Region, Guwahati defeating Eastern Region, with lighting of the lamp followed by As part of outreach activities, many airports Kolkata by 2-1. administering of ‘Integrity Pledge’ to all staged street plays, conducted interactive AAI officials by respective REDs and APDs. sessions with vendors, distributed pamphlets While Shri J.K. Goel, ED (Admn.), AAI was amongst air passengers and public. Also, an the Chief Guest during the final ceremony, At AAI’s corporate headquarters, the event E- Integrity Pledge helpdesk counter was set Shri Deepak Kedia IGP (Law and Order), Assam was inaugurated by Shri Anuj Aggarwal, up at passenger areas/SHA at many airports. Police was the Guest of Honour. the then Chairman, AAI in presence of all board members and senior officials. The closing ceremony was organised at Pre-paid Taxi Service starts Integrity Pledge was also administered airports/units with prizes distributed to the by the Chairman to all officials. Speaking winners of various competitions organised at Guwahati Airport on the occasion, the Chairman said that during the week-long exercise. New Photo Gallery opens at Agartala Airport Unveiled by Smt. Pratima Bhowmik, Member of Parliament, West Tripura in presence of Shri V.K. Seth, Airport Director, Agartala and other officials, the photo gallery displays 33 photos propagating Gandhiji’s life and his contribution to the nation. For the first time in the North-Eastern Region, pre-paid taxi services for all the destinations During the event, all present paid rich in and around Guwahati Airport area were tributes to the Mahatma and patriotic started on October 3, 2019 at Lokopriya songs were performed by the airline staff. Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport Later in the day, about 90 students from with the help of Assam Police. Inaugurated by Shri nearby orphanage home visited the airport RN Kalita, MLA, West Guwahati, in presence of and were bewitched to see the photos kept Shri Sanjeev Jindal, RED-NER and Shri Ramesh in the gallery. The event ended with a Kumar, Airport Director, Guwahati, the pre-paid th taxi services are available for as small a distance as Commemorating the 150 birth anniversary ‘nukkad natak’ performance by CISF unit 5 km. till a foreign location like Bhutan and other of Mahatma Gandhi, a Special Photo of Agartala Airport based on Gandhiji’s life, north-eastern cities. Pre-paid taxi service rates Gallery was set up at the departure lounge witnessing rich participation by AAI and have been kept reasonable and will be available as of Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport, Agartala. airline officials. per the schedule of airline flight services. 2 Guwahati gets direct Regional Headquarters, Western Region hosts Airport connectivity to Aizawl, Mizoram Promotion Conclave A two-day Airport Promotion Conclave was hosted by Regional Headquarters, Western Region on October 4 and 5, 2019 at Sahara Star Hotel, Mumbai to discuss best global practices and their feasibility in the Indian perspective. The first-of-its-kind event was enriched through the valuable participation by Shri I.N. Murthy, Member (Ops.), RED, WR, APDs of WR, officials from aviation fraternity One of the most awaited & sought-after air such as, BCAS, DCGA, Air India, Indigo, Go Air, connectivity, Guwahati-Aizwal sector was started Vistara, MADC, as also, two senior officials from by domestic carrier Go Air on October 15, 2019. Government of Madhya Pradesh. presentation on ‘Wildlife Management and Airside Shri Zoramthanga, Chief Minister, Mizoram Pavement Management’ during the event. flagged off the inaugural flight of Go Air from First session of the conclave began with the welcome Aizawl. The launch of Kolkata-Aizawl-Guwahati address by Shri G. Chandramouli, Regional On the second day of conclave, the participants daily flight is in sync with the government’s Executive Director, WR, followed by presentations shared valuable inputs focussing on improving vision for the seven sisters of Northeast, aptly and insights on a broad range of topics including connectivity amongst Western Region airports, described as ‘transformation by transportation’. ‘Automated Airside Facility Inspection System’ augmentation of infrastructure, emphasis on safety This connectivity will enable people to reach the by all APDs. Members of Mumbai International and security requirements, development of new major business hub of the east, Kolkata and other Airport Pvt. Ltd. (MIAL) gave an educating airports and routes, and related issues. destinations. Since launch, the airline has reported full occupancy in the sector. Juhu airport continues spreading smiles into the lives of Guwahati Airport organises disadvantaged children equality awareness workshop Continuing its pioneering role to transform for transgenders the lives of underprivileged children suffering from cancer, AAI’s Juhu Airport has partnered with Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai to provide complete financial help towards their specialist treatment.