J T Radhakrishna is New Director of Mangalore International Airport
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore
Mangalore, Nov 1: J T Radhakrishna, a B Tech (civil) graduate hailing from Ananthpura, Andhra Pradesh has been appointed the new director of Mangalore International Airport. He will be succeeding M R Vasudeva who retired from service on Wednesday October 31.
Radhakrishna will take the charge from Vasudeva on Thursday November 1.
Radhakrishna joined Indian aviation in 1993 as manager of engineering department, and was later transferred to Calicut to supervise the expanson of the airport runway.
From Calicut Radhakrishna was transfered to Mangalore Airport to supervise the expansion of the runway and the new terminal airport building. He was chief of planning during the construction of the new terminal also.
In 2010 he was conferred the best engineer award for his successful planning and implementation of the new terminal.
He was then transferred as the deputy general manager of Coimbatore airport.
He has now been promoted as director of Mangalore International Airport.