India’s largest budget carrier IndiGo on Thursday announced the appointment of former Niti Aayog CEO and India’s G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant as a Non-Executive Director to its board. Last month, Amitabh Kant resigned as G20 Sherpa.
The airline said that Kant’s appointment to the board is subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals.
With Kant’s appointment, IndiGo aims to leverage his expertise to drive growth and become a global player by 2030. Vikram Singh Mehta, Chairman of the Board of Directors of IndiGo, expressed delight in welcoming Kant as a Board member, citing his leadership qualities and experience in managing successful projects of global scale.
‘Kant is a distinguished personality’
“IndiGo is delighted to welcome Amitabh Kant as a Board member. Kant is a distinguished personality with rich administrative experience at the national and global levels. His leadership qualities developed over the years by managing and delivering successful projects of global scale will benefit IndiGo immensely, especially in its fast-paced international expansion,” said Vikram Singh Mehta, Chairman of the Board of Directors of IndiGo.
Kant has had a decades long career
A member of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Kerala Cadre – 1980 batch, Kant has had a decades long career spanning over four decades. He served in various senior roles, including Director on the Board of the National Highways Authority of India and Member of India’s National Statistical Commission amd led key projects like the expansion of Calicut Airport and the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor.
Kant served as India’s Sherpa to PM during the G20 Presidency
Most recently, he served as India’s Sherpa to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the G20 Presidency. Under his leadership, the New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration was delivered, which emphasised tackling global issues, catalysing growth, expanding India’s digital public infrastructure, and advocating ambitious reforms in climate finance, geopolitics, and technology, read an official statement from the company.
He has also been the driving force behind several large-scale sustainability initiatives such as the Green Hydrogen Mission and the National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage.
