PERSONAL PARTICULARS :

Name

Shivinder Singh Sidhu

Date of Birth :

October 13, 1929

Educational Qualifications:

M.A. (Economics), Delhi School of Economics.

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Economics Development, University of Kanpur.

Service Record: Joined Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1952.

Under State Government: Secretary to three Chief Ministers of U.P. and
District Magistrate, Kanpur.

Divisional Commissioner, Agra.

Under Central Government: Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.

Advisor to the Governor, Punjab.

Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Industrial
Development.

Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Tourism & Civil
Aviation.

Chairman, Air India and Chairman, Indian Airlines.

Advisor to the Governor, Tamil Nadu.

United Nations: Secretary General, International Civil Aviation Organisation
(ICAO), Montreal, Canada- 1988-1991.

Special assignment in
Commonwealth Secretariat: Evaluation of Commonwealth Fund for Technical Development
in Islands of South Pacific Ocean- June-August, 1994.

Head of NGO: President, Foundation for Aviation and Sustainable Tourism
(FAST) – May, 1992 – August 4, 2004.

At present: Governor of Manipur – since 6^th August, 2004.

Author of Books: Steel Industry in India – Problems & Perspective.

Aviation & Sustainable Tourism – Emerging Trends.

New Horizons in Travel & Tourism – Asian Approach.

Flight into the Millennium - Aviation & Tourism Symbiosis.

Tourism & Aviation – Airborne for Progress.

Aviation and Tourism : Synergy for Success.