{"id":489174,"date":"2022-05-04T15:59:31","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T10:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=489174"},"modified":"2022-05-04T15:59:31","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T10:29:31","slug":"indigo-appoints-venkataramani-sumantran-as-the-chairman-of-the-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/indigo-appoints-venkataramani-sumantran-as-the-chairman-of-the-board\/","title":{"rendered":"IndiGo appoints Venkataramani Sumantran as the chairman of the Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>InterGlobe Aviation on Wednesday appointed Venkataramani Sumantran, an independent non-executive director since May 2020, as chairman of the IndiGo Board, succeeding Meleveetil Damodaran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSumantran is an outstanding business leader as well as a highly experienced member of the IndiGo Board, thereby facilitating a seamless transition of the Chairmanship of the Board,&#8221; said IndiGo Managing Director Rahul Bhatia welcoming Sumantran to the new position.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As we get ready for the next phase of our ambitious overseas expansion, Sumantran\u2019s understanding of international markets and world-class global practices will serve us well,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Having worked in the USA, Europe, and Asia, Sumantran currently serves as the chairman and managing Director of Celeris Technologies, a strategic advisory firm. He also serves on the boards of Rane Holdings Limited, and TVS Electronics Limited.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the world moves beyond Covid-19, we look forward to serving many more customers while offering them a new digital experience, by adding new routes, many of them international, &#8221; said Sumantran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>InterGlobe Aviation on Wednesday appointed Venkataramani Sumantran, an independent non-executive director since May 2020, as chairman of the IndiGo Board, succeeding Meleveetil Damodaran. \u201cSumantran is an outstanding business leader as well as a highly experienced member of the IndiGo Board, thereby facilitating a seamless transition of the Chairmanship of the Board,&#8221; said IndiGo Managing Director Rahul Bhatia welcoming Sumantran to the new position. &#8220;As we get ready for the next phase of our ambitious overseas expansion, Sumantran\u2019s understanding of international markets and world-class global practices will serve us well,&#8221; he added. Having worked in the USA, Europe, and Asia, Sumantran [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[229],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-489174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-aviation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489174\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}