Vipin Kumar Appointed as Chairman of Airport Authority of India

Among other roles, Kumar had served as District Magistrate in Bihar and as Chairman of Bihar Bridge Construction Corporation.

Vipin Kumar Appointed as Chairman of Airport Authority of India
Vipin Kumar Appointed as Chairman of Airport Authority of India

Senior IAS officer Vipin Kumar on Monday takes charge as the Chairman of the Airports Authority of India (AAI). Before, taking over as AAI Chairman, Kumar, a 1996 batch officer from the Bihar cadre, was an Additional Secretary in the Department of School Education & Literacy at the Union Ministry of Education, according to a release.

Additionally, Mr. Kumar had served as District Magistrate in Bihar and as Chairman of Bihar Bridge Construction Corporation.

Recently, AAI's Full Time Chairman Sanjeev Kumar became the Defence Production Secretary, and AAI Member M Suresh was serving as the Acting Chairman. As a mini ratna company, AAI manages a total of 137 airports.

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