Senior IAS officer Vikram Dev Dutt has been appointed as the next chief of aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment.
• He will take over as the head of the aviation regulator on February 28, upon the superannuation of incumbent DGCA chief Arun Kumar.
• Dutt, an IAS officer of 1993 batch of AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Union Territory) cadre, is presently serving as the chairman and managing director of Air India Asset Holding Ltd (AIAHL).