He has had tenures in extreme high altitude regions in Ladakh and was a supervisor in a helicopter unit in his previous tenure. A keen adventure enthusiast, he is posted as a Joint Director (Adventure), Air HQ, New Delhi.
For the past three years, he has been planning a Round the World flight in a microlight aircraft. He finally managed to accomplish this this year, in the process setting a new world record. He has become the third person in the world to achieve this almost impossible task, and the first Indian. In fact, he has also become the first Indian to cross the Pacific and the Atlantic, solo, in any aircraft.
He is now planning other adventure activities. |