A-I, IA directors eye plump posts in merged entity

Mumbai: Functional directors and executive directors of Air-India and Indian Airlines are engaged in hectic lobbying to bag plump posts in the newly-formed National Aviation Company of India Ltd (NACIL). Competition is also on to head the NACIL's six strategic business units and seven subsidiaries.
The government will announce the names of the new directors within a week. The eight functional directors will be members of the board while the existing 39 executive directors will handle new responsibilities.
Since Air-India Director, Finance, S Punhani is scheduled to retire this month, his counterpart in Indian Airlines S Chandrasekhar seems all set to bag the post in the new entity, according to government officials. However, there is no clarity regarding other names.
Other functional directors from Indian Airlines include Anita Khurana (commercial), Anup Srivastava (personnel) and Vipin Sharma (engineering). Their counterparts in Air-India include VK Verma (commercial), Amod Sharma (personnel) and KM Unni (engineering). For each directorial position there are at least two contenders.
Since the NACIL will have 54 executive directors, several general managers are expected to be be promoted.
13/09/07 Lalatendu Mishra/Hindustan Times

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