InterGlobe Aviation Limited announced it has appointed Rahul Bhatia as Managing Director of the company, effective February 4, 2022.
According to the company’s recent exchange filing, “Pursuant to Regulation 30 read with Schedule III of the SEBI LODR Regulations, we hereby inform you that the Members of the Company on March 18, 2022, have passed the resolution contained in the Postal Ballot Notice dated February 16, 2022 with requisite majority – I. The appointment of Mr. Rahul Bhatia (DIN: 00090860) as the Managing Director of the Company, as an Ordinary Resolution.”
Rahul Bhatia is the Promoter and Managing Director of the Company. He is also the Vice Chairman of InterGlobe Enterprises. He holds a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.
Bhatia established InterGlobe Enterprises in 1989 with its flagship business of Air Transport Management. With a substantial experience of over 3 decades in the travel industry, it is under his effective captainship that the InterGlobe Group has diversified its portfolio, which now includes Civil Aviation (IndiGo), Hospitality, Airline Management, Travel Commerce, Advanced Pilot Training, and Aircraft Maintenance Engineering, the statement said.
In 2011, Bhatia was recognized as the ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ by Ernst & Young and also by The Economic Times. In the same year, he received ‘The Outstanding Start-Up’ award at the Forbes India Leadership Awards as well. In 2016, he was featured on the Forbes’ Global Game Changers List.
