Vikram Singh assumes charge as airport director at NSCBI Airport Kolkata
Times of India | 1 November 2025
KOLKATA:
has assumed charge as airport director at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport, Kolkata, following the superannuation of P R Beuria, who retired recently after a distinguished tenure with the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
An accomplished professional with three decades of rich experience in airport operations and management, Singh joined AAI as a management trainee in 1995 and has since held key operational and administrative positions at CSI Airport Mumbai, IGI Airport New Delhi, NSCBI Airport Kolkata, the Indian Aviation Academy (IAA), New Delhi, and AAI corporate headquarters.
Singh holds a Bachelor’s degree in Science from Delhi University and an MBA from BIT Mesra, Ranchi.
During his tenure at AAI, he made significant contributions in the areas of airport operations, airside management, slot allocation, training and change management. He also developed training modules and e-learning courses for airport professionals and earned an “ICAO-qualified course developer certification”.
Among his notable achievements are successful handling of large-scale flight movements during special events; contribution to framing and implementation of new policies for aircraft parking and slot allocation; introducing the announcement of conveyor belt no where passengers can collect the registered luggage in the aircraft itself before passengers alight at the destination, active involvement in the operationalisation of new airport infrastructure at Kolkata, Patna and Kushinagar airports; and development of training programmes for airport executives on various subjects.
As airport director of NSCBI Airport, Singh aims to further enhance passenger facilitation, safety standards and operational efficiency, while focusing on innovation, sustainability and stakeholder engagement to support AAI’s vision of excellence in aviation infrastructure and services.