Directorate General of Civil Aviation ( India ) - wikipedia Directorate General of Civil Aviation ( India ) Directorate General of Civil Aviation नागर विमानन महानिदेशालय Directorate General of Civil Aviation, India Agency overview Headquarters New Delhi, India 28 ° 34 ′ 58.56 '' N 77 ° 12 ′ 47.12 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 28.5829333 ° N 77.2130889 ° E ﻿ / 28.5829333 ; 77.2130889 Minister responsible Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Indian Politician., Minister of Civil Aviation Agency executive BS Bhullar, Director General Child agencies Airports Authority of India Air India Pawan Hans Website Official website The Directorate General of Civil Aviation ( DGCA ) is the Indian governmental regulatory body for civil aviation under the Ministry of Civil Aviation. This directorate investigates aviation accidents and incidents. It is headquartered along Sri Aurobindo Marg, opposite Safdarjung Airport, in New Delhi. The Government of India is planning to replace the organisation with a Civil Aviation Authority ( CAA ), modelled on the lines of the American Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA ). Contents 1 Vision 2 Departments 3 Regional offices 4 Civil Aviation Authority 5 Air accident investigation 6 Aviation security 7 Aircraft Projects 8 FOI Resignation 9 See also 10 References 11 External links Vision Endeavour to promote safe and efficient Air Transportation through regulation and proactive safety oversight system. Departments These are classified and divided into the following : Administration Directorate. Aerodrome Standards Directorate ( AD ) Air Safety Directorate ( DAS ) Air Transport Directorate ( AT ) Airworthiness Directorate ( DAW ) Flight Standards Directorate ( FSD ) Information & Regulation Directorate ( DRI ) Aircraft Engineering Directorate ( AED ) Directorate Of Flying Training ( DFT ) Medical Section. Directorate of Training & Licensing ( DTL ) Directorate of Airspace and Air Navigation Services Standards ( ANSS ) Regional offices DGCA has fourteen Regional Airworthiness Offices ( RAO ) at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kochi, Bhopal, Lucknow, Patna, Bhubaneshwar, Kanpur, Guwahati and Patiala. It has also five Regional Air Safety offices located at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Hyderabad. It has a Regional Research and Development Office located at Bangalore and a Gliding Centre at Pune. Civil Aviation Authority The CAA has been envisaged as an autonomous regulatory body which will replace the DGCA and will meet standards set by the UN 's International Civil Aviation Organisation ( ICAO ). The CAA will have separate departments to deal with safety, economic regulation and grievance resolution, as well as a full - fledged environment department. It will also have an independent accident investigation bureau. The Authority will also have the autonomy to recruit staff. Currently, the DGCA is understaffed and does not have any recruitment powers. The CAA will have administrative and financial powers similar to those of the American FAA. These powers will redefine the regulator 's role and better equip it to face the challenges of the growing Aviation sector in the country. Employees working with DGCA will be transferred to the CAA. The estimated cost of establishing the new Authority would be around Rs. 112 crore. The CAA would be self - financing and have a separate fund called the ' Civil Aviation Authority of India Fund ' that would finance its entire expenses. It would have a Chairperson, a Director General and 7 - 9 members appointed by the Central Government. These members will be qualified in the fields of aviation safety, aircraft engineering, flight standard operations, aerodromes, air navigation systems and air space management. Air accident investigation Previously the DGCA conducted investigations and gave information to the investigations established by the Court of Inquiry and the Committee Inquiry. A separate investigative agency was established to comply with the Standards And Recommended Practices ( SARPs ) of the International Civil Aviation Organisation ( ICAO ). Therefore, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau ( AAIB ) was established in 2011. Aviation Security In January 1978 the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security ( BCAS ) was established as a department of the DGCA. As a result of the 1985 bombing of Air India Flight 182, on 1 April 1987 the BCAS became an independent agency of the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Aircraft Projects Bharat Swati Foi resignation 13 Flight Operations Inspectors working with the DGCA have tendered their resignation in a week of May 2015 in protest against the aviation regulator 's decision to post them away from their homes Delhi to Mumbai and Chennai. See also Aviation in India References Jump up ^ http://www.anpac.it/download/Vari/08LEGBL01_IFALPA_Legal_Directory.pdf Jump up ^ `` Home page. '' Directorate General of Civil Aviation. Retrieved on 9 June 2009. `` Aurbindo Marg, Opp. Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi 110 003, INDIA '' ^ Jump up to : `` Aviation Ministry moots to replace DGCA with a Super-regulator ''. India Today. 10 October 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2013. Jump up ^ http://dgca.nic.in/dgca/visi-ind.htm Jump up ^ `` About DGCA ''. Directorate General of Civil Aviation website. Retrieved 2009 - 11 - 10. Jump up ^ `` Bill to replace DGCA by new aviation regulator likely to be tabled in Parliament : report ''. NDTV Profit. 3 April 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2013. Jump up ^ `` No. AV. 11012 / 01 / 2011 - PG Archived March 15, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. '' ( Archive ) Ministry of Civil Aviation. Retrieved on March 16, 2014. Jump up ^ `` About Us '' ( Archive ) Bureau of Civil Aviation Security. Retrieved on March 16, 2014. Jump up ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Blow-to-Indian-air-safety-as-13-flight-inspectors-resign/articleshow/47437452.cms External links Government of India portal Aviation portal Directorate General of Civil Aviation Airlines of India Directorate General of Civil Aviation ( DGCA ) Mainline AirAsia India Air India Air India Express GoAir IndiGo Jet Airways SpiceJet Vistara Regional Air Deccan Alliance Air Supreme Airlines TruJet Zoom Air Cargo Blue Dart Aviation Quikjet Airlines Charter Air Odisha Chhattisgarh Air Link Club One Air Deccan Charters Ghodawat Aviation Fly Divine Dove Airlines Jagson Airlines Jal Hans Pawan Hans Pushpaka Aviation Spirit Air TajAir Titan Aviation Ventura AirConnect Planned Star Air Air Kerala FlyEasy Fly Hornbill Kerala Seaplane Premier Airways Zav Airways Defunct Air India Cargo Air Costa Air Carnival Air Mantra Air Dravida Air Pegasus Ambica Airlines Deccan 360 Archana Airways Aryan Cargo Express Crescent Air Damania Airways Darbhanga Aviation Deccan Airways Limited East - West Airlines Elbee Airlines Gujarat Airways Himalayan Aviation Indian Indian National Airways Ltd Indus Air Jamair Kalinga Airlines Kingfisher Airlines MDLR Airlines ModiLuft NEPC Airlines Paramount Airways Pushpak Airlines Simplifly Deccan Tata Airlines Transportes Aéreos da Índia Portuguesa Vayudoot VIF Airways Airports in India Aviation accident and incident investigation agencies Africa DACM CCAA ANACM ANAC BPEA MCA ECAA BEIAA GCAA KCAA LYCAA BEA ANAC BEA DAAI AIB BEA ANACIM CAA CAA TCAA DGAC Asia IAC IAC CAAB CAAC CAD AAIB NTSC CAO CAA JTSB IAC ARAIB LCAA CAA MOT AICC AAIB CAAN PCAA CAAP IAC GACA TSIB CAA ASC IAC AAIC DGAC IAC GCAA IAC Europe IAC IAC SIA IAC AAIU AAIIB AAII AIB SIA BEA BFU AAIB AAIASB TSB AAIB AAIU ANSV IAC IAC TAIIB AET IAC DSB AIBN SCAAI ( civil ) KBWLLP ( state / military ) GPIAA IAC CAD AMIA CIAIAC SHK STSB DGAC NBAAI AAIB North America ECCAA ECCAA BCAD AAIB ECCAA TSB AAIB DGAC IACC ECCAA CIAA AAC ECCAA BEA DGAC DGAC JCAA BEA DGAC ECCAA INAC AAC NTSB ECCAA ECCAA ECCAA TTCAA AAIB NTSB NTSB Oceania NTSB ATSB BEA CAAF NTSB BEA TAIC NTSB AIC South America JIAAC DGAC CENIPA DGAC UAEAC DGAC AAIB BEA GCAA DINAC CIAA OIPAIA DGPIAA Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Directorate_General_of_Civil_Aviation_(India)&oldid=818549860 '' Categories : Government agencies of India Regulatory agencies of India Organizations investigating aviation accidents and incidents Aviation organisations based in India Civil aviation authorities in Asia Ministry of Civil Aviation ( India ) Hidden categories : All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from December 2016 Articles with permanently dead external links Webarchive template wayback links Talk Contents About Wikipedia हिन्दी मैथिली Edit links This page was last edited on 4 January 2018, at 05 : 31. 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Question: who is the director general of civil aviation
Answer: Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju