Correct Answer : Shefali Juneja
India’s representative to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), Shefali Juneja, has been unanimously elected as chairperson of the UN specialised aviation agency’s Air Transport Committee (ATC).
India has won this coveted position in ICAO after 28 years when Juneja got unanimously elected in the ICAO council for the same on Monday(24th Oct 2022). Incidentally, Juneja is the first woman to represent India in ICAO.
India secured this position in ICAO after 28 years when Juneja was unanimously elected to the post on Monday(24th Oct 2022). She is the first woman to represent India in the ICAO. ATC is a standing committee of the ICAO created by the Chicago Convention in 1944.
About Dr Shefali Juneja : Dr Shefali Juneja, a 1992 batch officer of the
Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax cadre) was serving as India’s Representative in the council of the
ICAO,
Montreal,
Canada, for a period of
3 years. In 2019, she replaced senior
Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Alok Shekhar, who was appointed for the post in 2015. She served as the Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation before joining the ICAO..
Source : Times of India
