Contributors Acknowledgements We want to extend our deepest gratitude to India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) – Drone Directorate for their invaluable support, guidance and collaboration throughout the development of this report on advanced air mobility. The ministry’s strategic vision for India’s aviation future and the DGCA’s expertise in regulatory standards and airspace management have been instrumental in shaping this report. AVIATE India community experts and contributors Farooq Ahmed Lead, Medical Engineering Apollo Hospitals Asangba Chuba Ao Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India Ujjwal Bakshi Industry Affairs, India – Nepal – Bhutan, International Air Transport Association (IATA) Jan Beran Research and Development Architect and UAM Platforms, Honeywell Achyut Chandra Lead, Strategy and Open Innovation, Government and Public Sector, HCL TechnologiesKantilal Dande Principal Secretary, Transport Roads and Buildings, Government of Andhra Pradesh Gopi Gudimetla Director, Engineering, Honeywell S. Guruvayurappan Technical Head, Quality Council of India Pierre Maury Autonomous Systems Specialist, World Economic Forum Shankhesh Mehta Director, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India Kapil Mittal Global Head, Digital Airspace, Ericsson Nilesh Modi Chief of Staff, Chairman’s Office, Reliance Industries Suresh Munuswamy Dean, Indian Institute of Health and Medical Research Dan Newman Chief Technology Officer, Honeywell Advanced Air MobilityWorld Economic Forum Maria Alonso Lead, Autonomous Systems Vignesh Santhanam India Lead, Aerospace and Drones Deloitte Kumar Deepak Associate Director Suyash Tyagi Assistant Manager, Innovation Sudeepta Veerapaneni Partner Lead authors Hrishikesh Ballal Managing Director, Openskies Aerial Technology Satyanarayanan Chakravarthy Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras Vijay Chandrachud Strategic Advisor, Hunch Mobility Divya Manchanda Chief, Airworthiness, The ePlane Company Kanika Tekriwal Chief Executive Officer, JetSetGo Shrikant Thakkar Vice-President, Asteria Aerospace Skyways to the Future: Operational Concepts for Advanced Air Mobility in India 38

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