Nacil starts search for new head

Mumbai: The ministry of civil aviation on Tuesday invited applications for the chairman and managing director’s (CMD) post at National Aviation Co. of India Ltd, or Nacil, the merged entity of state-run carriers Air India and Indian Airlines. The current CMD, Vasudevan Thulasidas, will step down in March.
The new head will take over at a time when the airline is entering a crucial integration phase, acquiring 111 new aircraft and enhancing international operations amid intense competition from domestic and international carriers.
The ministry, which had initially suggested that Nacil should have its top boss from the private sector, is now not insisting on any aviation background for running the state-run carrier, which has a fleet of 140 aircraft, 33,000 employees and revenues of Rs15,000 crore.
Nacil is looking for “good academic record” and “senior level management” experience with a reputed and large organization, according to the advertisement http://civilaviation.nic.in/CMD%20VACANCY.pdf on the ministry of civil aviation’s website. “Persons with technical/MBA qualification and having experience in management and familiarity with finance and commercial operations in air transport will have added advantage,” it says.
During the merger, the government approved Air India chairman Thulasidas, 59, to head Nacil with the Indian Airlines’ chairman Vishwapati Trivedi, 53, as joint managing director, through March.
It also appointed a search panel, headed by cabinet secretary K. Chandrashekhar, to identify the next head.
“Yes, there is an advertisement for the top post but Thulasidas may still get one more extension. Besides, Trivedi, who has another seven years, can also be considered for the post,” said one person familiar with the thinking who spoke on the condition he wouldn’t be named. The advertisement says internal candidates, aged between 45 and 56, will be considered for the post.
26/12/07 P.R. Sanjai/Livemint

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