Full Name
Maneesh Kumar
Job Title
Joint Director General
Company
Directorate General of Civil Aviation
Speaker Bio
Maneesh Kumar is a Joint Director General in DGCA-India. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Aeronautical Engineering, a Master’s Degree in Rotodynamics and a Bachelor’s Degree in Law.
In his aviation career spanning a period of over 33 years he has served in various capacities in the DGCA-India. He has been the lead investigator in many major accidents, a prolific auditor of the Aviation organisations and he is instrumental in the development of the State Safety Programme, related regulations, guidance material and publications.
At present, among his other assignments he is handling the implementation of State Safety Programme in India at State level and implementation of SMS among service providers. He has been instrumental in the establishment of the National Aviation Safety Plan, National Safety Goals, Objectives, SPI, SPTs and Safety Action Plan. He heads the DGCA-India Drone Directorate and is leading the project on development of regulations for Innovative air technologies, Training Directorate, Aircraft Engineering Directorate and Flying Training Directorate. He is an ICAO CAEP member from India.
He has also worked as an ICAO expert for developing State Safety Programme for other countries.
He is a member of ICAO GASP-Study Group.
He was the member of the ICAO task force for developing the requirements on the subject “Assistance to the victims of Air Accident”.
As a member, he has contributed to the APRAST SEI working group and also towards the implementation of APAC Regional Aviation Safety Plan.
Throughout his career he has worked in diverse technical areas with the objective of improving aviation safety.
In his aviation career spanning a period of over 33 years he has served in various capacities in the DGCA-India. He has been the lead investigator in many major accidents, a prolific auditor of the Aviation organisations and he is instrumental in the development of the State Safety Programme, related regulations, guidance material and publications.
At present, among his other assignments he is handling the implementation of State Safety Programme in India at State level and implementation of SMS among service providers. He has been instrumental in the establishment of the National Aviation Safety Plan, National Safety Goals, Objectives, SPI, SPTs and Safety Action Plan. He heads the DGCA-India Drone Directorate and is leading the project on development of regulations for Innovative air technologies, Training Directorate, Aircraft Engineering Directorate and Flying Training Directorate. He is an ICAO CAEP member from India.
He has also worked as an ICAO expert for developing State Safety Programme for other countries.
He is a member of ICAO GASP-Study Group.
He was the member of the ICAO task force for developing the requirements on the subject “Assistance to the victims of Air Accident”.
As a member, he has contributed to the APRAST SEI working group and also towards the implementation of APAC Regional Aviation Safety Plan.
Throughout his career he has worked in diverse technical areas with the objective of improving aviation safety.
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