Showing posts with label Tata Trusts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tata Trusts. Show all posts

Monday, 6 August 2018

Ex-IndiGo CEO Aditya Ghosh joins Tata Trusts, to advise on cancer care

Aditya Ghosh

Former IndiGo Airlines CEO Aditya Ghosh has joined as a senior advisor of Tata Trusts and will advise the core team of its cancer care initiative. The Tata Trusts has identified cancer as a key area of focus and is investing in building cancer hospitals across the country.

Ghosh, responding to a query, said: "India has nearly 1.5 million new cancer cases every year. Unfortunately, most cases are detected at a very late stage and treatment for patients is either expensive or simply hard to get. I have decided to dedicate 20 per cent of my personal time over the next several months.”

Ghosh said the Tata Trusts Cancer Care Initiative is one of the largest health care programmes in the world. The goal is to create an extensive network of cancer treatment across hundreds of districts in India.

Ghosh, who has been instrumental in building IndiGo from the scratch to the country’s largest domestic carrier, however, left suddenly after promoters announced that the airline will now expand its international foray and fly to Europe and other middle-haul destinations.

Wednesday, 30 May 2018

ED may investigate AirAsia case; Venkataramanan denies any wrongdoing

Air Asia

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has sought from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) details of the case of alleged corruption filed against top executives of AirAsia, according to ED sources.

“We will analyse the case registered by the CBI to see if a fresh case has to be filed by us or what further action we can take,” said an ED official. The CBI on Tuesday named AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes and Tata Trusts’ R Venkataramanan for allegedly trying to subvert aviation laws for their joint venture AirAsia India by bribing government officials.

The ED is already probing corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar, the middleman named in the CBI FIR, in a case of alleged money laundering and had raided several premises linked with him a week ago.

Both AirAsia and Venkataramanan have denied the charges, saying the accusations were made with mala fide intention and will be defended in court.