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Faiz Ahmed Kidwai Appointed as Director General of DGCA by ACC.

Appointment | Dated: 07 Jan 2025

On January 3, 2025, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) appointed Faiz Ahmed Kidwai, a 1996-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Madhya Pradesh (MP) Cadre, as the Director General (DG) of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), under the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), as part of a senior-level bureaucratic reshuffle.

🎯 Key Highlights:

  • - Ashutosh Agnihotri, a 1999-batch IAS officer from the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (MD) of the Food Corporation of India (FCI), based in New Delhi.

💡 Other Important Facts:

  • (i) Akash Tripathi, a 1998-batch IAS officer of the MP cadre, has been appointed as the Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Power (MoP).
  • (ii) Kamal Kishore Soan, a 1998-batch IAS officer of the Jharkhand cadre, has been appointed as the Additional Secretary & Mission Director of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) under the Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti (MoJS).

📚 Test Your Knowledge:

Who was recently appointed as the DG of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) by the ACC?

Correct Answer: Faiz Ahmed Kidwai

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