ACP’s AVIATION NEWS ROUND UP
Important News
Civil aviation minister Naidu holds meeting with airlines’ representatives; discusses various issues
Economic Times
Airports Authority of India (AAI)
City Airport may be privatised soon
ToI
Ministry of Civil Aviation (MOCA)
Explore ways to felicitate armed forces: Minister to airlines
Hindustan Times
About ACP
The U.S.-India Aviation Cooperation Program (ACP) was established in 2007 as a public-private partnership between the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), the U.S. Departments of Commerce and State, Transportation Security Administration and U.S. Companies.
The ACP supports the growth of the Indian civil aerospace sector by working directly with the Government of India (GOI) to identify and execute projects that encourage collaborations between US and Indian stakeholders, in the area of aerospace technology and best practices.Â
Members
ACP Co-chairs
The U.S.-India Aviation Cooperation Program (ACP) was established in 2007 as a public-private partnership between the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), the U.S. Departments of Commerce and State, Transportation Security Administration and U.S. Companies. The ACP supports the growth of the Indian civil aerospace sector by working directly with the Government of India (GOI) to identify and execute projects that encourage collaborations between US and Indian stakeholders, in the area of aerospace technology and best practices.
Commander Arun Jyoti (Retd.)
ACP Co-chair (Industry) &
Vice President & Head – Government Relations (India)
Smiths Group Plc.
Dr. Daniel Jacob
ACP Co-chair (Government) &
FAA Attaché and Senior FAA Representative
for South Asia
Commander Arun Jyoti (Retd.)
ACP Co-chair (Industry) &
Vice President & Head – Government Relations (India)
Smiths Group Plc.
Commander Arun Jyoti is Smiths Group’s Vice President and Head of Government Relations (GR) for India, where he is responsible for the GR strategy across all of Smiths’ global strategic business groups present in India. A War Veteran, he has led multiple technical challenges, operating across systems, and synergizing between Military/Government/Civil agencies/Indian and Foreign Organizations.
He has crafted multifarious policy frameworks, steered multiple contracts and controlled/executed projects with both International and National clients including Federal and State Government entities. Prior to joining Smiths Group, Arun served in the Indian Navy (Submarines) for 22 years, helmed an EPC Company as its first Chief Operating Officer and was Honeywell’s Government Affairs Director for India.
Dr. Daniel Jacob
ACP Co-chair (Government) &
FAA Attaché and Senior FAA Representative for South Asia
Dr. S. DANIEL JACOB is the FAA Attaché and the Senior FAA Representative for South Asia based at the US Embassy in New Delhi. He is the primary liaison for FAA with the civil aviation authorities in India and other authorities in the South Asia region. Having been born in India, Dr. Jacob is excited to be back in India as a Diplomat.
Prior to coming to India, he was with the FAA’s Office of Environment and Energy. At the FAA Office of Environment and Energy, he served as a technical expert on domestic standards committees as well as international technical committees. He was awarded the FAA Office of Policy, International Affairs and Environment Technical Excellence Award in 2015 and a FAA Team Award in 2019 for his efforts. He contributed to the 2021 United States Aviation Climate Action Plan and has received NASA group achievement awards for airborne measurements and satellite monitoring of contrails. Prior to coming to the FAA in 2010, Dr. Jacob worked on research programs for the Universities of Maryland and Miami as well as US government agencies such as NASA and NOAA. As part of his research, Dr Jacob has taken part in several Hurricane Hunter aircraft missions in the U.S. and in various international airborne research campaigns.
US – India Aviation Cooperation Program (ACP)
Registered Under Societies Registration Act, 1860
Registration number – Â S/2811/Distt.South/2021
ACP Secretariat
ACP
The U.S-India Aviation Cooperation Program (ACP) is a unique bilateral public-private partnership launched in 2007 between the U.S. Trade Development Agency (USTDA), the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and U.S. aviation companies.Â
Contact
US – India Aviation Cooperation Program (ACP), PHD House, 4/2 Siri institutional Area, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi – 110016