Ladies in Aviation India (WAI) held its 3rd version of the long-lasting Awards – Giving Wings to Goals 2024 at Roseate Home New Delhi, felicitating 37 girls achievers who’ve contributed considerably to the aviation sector. The award ceremony occurred within the distinguished presence of Shri Vumlunmang Vualnam, Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Authorities of India and different eminent dignitaries current on the ceremony included Smt. Usha Padhee, IAS, Principal Secretary, Commerce & Transport Dept., Govt. of Odisha and Mr. Vipin Kumar, IAS – Chairman AAI.
These Awards acknowledge excellence in numerous fields of aviation and assist construct a worth chain the place achievers encourage the following era. Following an intensive choice course of, led by an eminent jury comprising of stalwarts of the trade, profitable girls aviators throughout classes of airside operations, terminal operations, floor assist, flight dispatchers, airline safety, hearth rescue, engineering, communication, cabin crew and flight operations have been felicitated on the award ceremony. Ladies achievers from nodal aviation authorities BCAS, DGCA, CISF and Pawan Hans have been additionally acknowledged for service excellence.
“On the Ministry of Civil Aviation it’s a very satisfying second for us to see this initiative of Ladies in Aviation India being applauded by our honourable president and prime minister. By means of our collaboration with WAI, we’re serving to girls break limitations and are empowering them to guide on this fast-growing sector. India’s aviation infrastructure has expanded exponentially, with the variety of airports greater than doubling from 74 to 157 over the previous decade. Passenger numbers have surged from 11 crore to 22 crore yearly, and the plane fleet has grown from 400 to 800, with projections to achieve 1,400 inside 5 years. So there may be an immense alternative for ladies within the aviation sector and to change into a part of this development story,” mentioned Civil Aviation Secretary Vumlunmang Vualnam. He underscored the federal government’s dedication to integrating girls into the increasing drone trade, linking this initiative to the broader transformation underway in India’s aviation sector.
He additional praised the contributions of girls pioneers of the sector who’ve already paved the best way in aviation, urging them to harness rising alternatives within the drone sector, regional airways and rising areas of the aviation ecosystem. The Secretary emphasised that ladies’s participation is vital to sustaining the momentum of development, making them indispensable to the way forward for aviation in India.
Talking on the event, Radha Bhatia, President, Ladies in Aviation India mentioned: “India right this moment is shining on the world stage! It’s time for all forces to unite, particularly to encourage and encourage the following era of younger women and girls to be part of this thriving trade. Whereas India has the most important variety of girls pilots on the planet, we’re rooting for equanimous development throughout all verticals of aviation! On this relentless pursuit of our mission, we’re reaching out to distant corners of the nation to encourage and encourage younger women to affix the aviation trade. Many of those women have by no means seen an plane or have by no means been uncovered to the world of aviation. By means of these awards we aspire to felicitate excellent achievers, who go on the baton to the following era! This whirlwind is what we hope will sometime nurture leaders of the aviation trade tomorrow!”
Giving Wings to Goals Awards are a grand fruits of a collection of Ladies in Aviation Day applications supported by state governments, airports, faculties, schools and different stakeholders, celebrated throughout 14 cities in India, reaching past metros equivalent to Delhi and Mumbai to cities together with Srinagar, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Leh, Bhubaneswar, Agra, Dehradun, Odisha and Srikakulam. By means of the Ladies in Aviation Day collection this 12 months, beneath the theme ‘Chhu Lengi Aasman Bharat Ki Betiyan’, WAI reached out to numerous lady college students from the 11th and 12th grades whereby we invited aviation consultants, aviation establishments, company entities, college students and educational establishments to return collectively to be part of this mission as a CSR initiative. Shri Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu, Hon’ble Minister of Civil Aviation, Authorities of India, graced this system in Srikakulam, his constituency the place he impressed and inspired the younger lady college students, sharing his imaginative and prescient of writing a golden chapter of aviation. He shared that he hopes the initiative will spotlight the probabilities of girls within the aviation sector, encourage them extra, and can deliver new pleasure to North Andhra women. The Hon’ble Minister wholeheartedly congratulated Smt. Radha Bhatia, founding father of Ladies in Aviation India and members who’re conducting consciousness camps throughout the nation.
For over 9 years ‘Ladies in Aviation Day’ (GIAD) has been celebrated throughout 30 cities in India, touching the lives of greater than 30,000 women in individual and multi fold in any other case. As a part of WAI’s core initiatives, it connects with NGOs, faculties, schools and universities to mentor lady college students, particularly in center & senior college, an age when college students start to plan their careers. Stalwarts of the aviation trade meet and have interaction with the younger college students each from the privileged and underprivileged sections of society and share with them their experiences, challenges and victories, and speak to them in regards to the numerous path breaking roles that ladies are enjoying within the aviation trade.
Wherever required, we lengthen free training to lady college students who can not afford knowledgeable training. For the GIAD marketing campaign, we collaborate with numerous organizations, airways and different stakeholders of the trade equivalent to Commerce & Transport Division & Faculty and Mass Schooling Dept., Govt. of Odisha, NSTI, Ministry of Talent Improvement and Entrepreneurship, DGT, GoI, Blue Dart Aviation Providers Ltd., Millennium Aero Dynamics Pvt. Ltd, Airports Authority of India, GMR and airports like Bangalore Worldwide Airport Ltd. (BIAL), GMR Hyderabad Worldwide Airport Restricted (GHIAL), Delhi Worldwide Airport Restricted (DIAL), Chennai Worldwide Airport, Bagdogra Worldwide Airport, Chandigarh Airport with an goal to fulfil the mission of reaching out to as many women college students as potential.
Taking one other step in direction of encouraging the younger women to discover the assorted avenues in Aviation, 35 chosen college women who had attended Ladies in Aviation Day occasions held throughout the nation in 2024 have been additionally rewarded on the Giving Wings to Goals Awards ceremony, as Younger Aviation Ambassadors, whereby they acquired sponsorship for programs associated to the journey & aviation trade.
