ACI President
Captain Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy
ACI President & Commissioner of General Aviation & Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Former Union Minister for Civil Aviation and Commerce & Industry, Parliamentary Affairs (State), Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (IC), Government of India
Commencing his political career as a student union leader, Captain Rudy is an eminent political leader in India. He has served as a Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge) and Parliamentary Affairs in Shri Narendra Modi’s government.
Capt Rudy served as the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry during his earlier tenure as a Union Minister during Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s government. He was elevated as the Civil Aviation Minister with Independent Charge in 2003. He has served 5 terms in Parliament which includes his tenures both in the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha.
He was first elected as an MLA from Taraiya constituency in his home state of Bihar in 1990. Capt Rudy has served in various organizational roles in his party including the National Spokesperson and the National General Secretary in his political career spanning over 27 years.
He is credited as the lone Parliamentarian on the globe operating Airbus-320 commercial jets, flying with one of the largest airlines in India. His name also figures in the Limca book of World records. He has a distinction of having flown a Sukhoi 30-MKI, the Rafael fighter Jet and Gripen, a world class supersonic fighter Jet.
Professionally, he is a teacher of economics and has had a stint as a Legal Counsel. His tenure in Civil Aviation witnessed comprehensive reforms in India, where its footprints can still be observed even today. He has been the first Minister of Skill Development in Government of India and has successful established a robust Skill eco-system.
He completed his schooling from Patna and subsequently graduated in law from Punjab University, post his graduation from Government College, Chandigarh. He currently represents the Parliamentary Constituency of Saran in Bihar.
