Company Profile - World's 5th Largest Airport and World's 4th Best Airport

Wed 22 May 10:58

About Us

Delhi International Airport (P) Limited

Passenger Delight has been one single goal for us at DIAL that has helped us shape our company, our services, goals and all that we stand for today. The same will chart a course for us in the future as well. We wish to take some of the best ideas in the airport business and make it a reality for passengers at the New Delhi International Airport - creating immense possibilities that await you and us.

Read on to know more about us, our partners and awards and recognition.

DIAL is a joint venture consortium of GMR Group, Airports Authority of India, Fraport and Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB).

In January 2006, the consortium was awarded the concession to operate, manage and develop the IGI Airport following an international competitive bidding process. DIAL entered in to Operations, Management and Development Agreement (OMDA) on April 4, 2006 with the AAI. The initial term of the concession is 30 years extendable by a further 30 years.

Besides upgrading the existing terminals, DIAL has already commissioned a new runway 11-29 at IGI Airport on September 25, 2008. It has also inaugurated the new domestic departure terminal 1D (T1D) on 26th February, 2009. T1D will increase the capacity of domestic departures to 10 million passengers per annum.

The new terminal has a modern 4 level in-line baggage handling system to eliminate baggage X-ray prior to check in, spacious security hold area with extensive F&B and retail facilities, special contact zone for passengers with special needs and baggage handling area on a separate level allowing greater space for passenger amenities.

In March 2010, DIAL has completed the construction of integrated passenger terminal (Terminal 3). The first phase of the airport is designed and capable to handle 60 million passengers per annum (mppa).

This development was the first phase of the airport expansion. In subsequent stages, the airport will be further developed with the increase in passenger demand and more terminals and runways would be added in a modular manner to form a U shaped complex with an ultimate design capacity of 100 million passengers per annum.

G. M. Rao

G. M. Rao, a mechanical engineer by profession, is the Group Chairman – GMR Group and Chairman of DIAL. He has been leading the GMR Group since its inception in 1978.

A visionary businessman, G. M. Rao entered into banking and played a key role in the transformation of Vysya Bank into a new generation bank. It was around this time that India's rapidly growing economy and the government's liberalization policies attracted his interest in infrastructure development. He recognized the tremendous opportunities in this sector and resolved to transform GMR Group into a powerhouse in the area of infrastructure development in India. Under his leadership, GMR Group has adopted a culture of professional-entrepreneurship where enterprise, speed and team excellence are critical ingredients.
Kiran Kumar Grandhi

Kiran Kumar Grandhi has worked on major infrastructure projects promoted by GMR Group in the energy sector, road sector and the aviation sector.

Being in-charge of Airport Business of the GMR Group, he spearheaded the successful implementation of the Greenfield Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Hyderabad and is instrumental in taking forward the public-private partnership project, Indira Gandhi International Airport at Delhi. Under his stewardship, GMR group has won the bid to develop the Sabiha Gokcen International Airport at Istanbul, Turkey.

Currently, Kiran Kumar Grandhi is heading Highways, construction, SEZs and allied businesses (excluding Airports SEZ) & Sports and is the Executive Director on the Board of the Company.
Srinivas Bommidala

Srinivas Bommidala, has 25 years of experience in the infrastructure, agriculture, fast moving consumer goods and services sectors.

He led the GMR Group’s foray into the power sector, as the Managing Director of GMR Power Corporation Limited for setting up the first Independent Power Project. Situated at Chennai in southern part of India, this 200 MW project with slow speed diesel technology is the world’s largest diesel engine power plant under one roof. He was also instrumental in implementing the 388 MW combined cycle gas turbine power project in Andhra Pradesh.

When the Government of India decided to modernize and restructure New Delhi airport under a Public Private Partnership in 2006, he became the first Managing Director of this venture and successfully managed the transition process from a public owned entity to a public private partnership enterprise.

In 2007, he took over as the Chairman of Urban Infrastructure & Highways Sector consisting of Highways, Special Economic Zone at Kakinada - Andhra Pradesh and Krishnagiri in Tamil Nadu, Construction, Commercial Property Development at Delhi & Hyderabad Airports/ Aerotropolis and other Group Properties Businesses. Also, he was the Chairman of GMR Sports which owns Delhi Dare Devils as IPL Franchisee.

Currently, Srinivas Bommidala is the Chairman of Airports business, which consists of Indira Gandhi International Airport (Delhi), Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (Hyderabad), Sabiha Gokcen International Airport (Turkey) and Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (Male) and is the Managing Director on the Board of the Company.
K Narayana Rao

K Narayana Rao is a Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant, Company Secretary and Management Accountant. He has over 28 years of experience and for the last 9 years has been working with GMR Group. Earlier he was Managing Director of GMR Industries Limited. He has rich experience in dealing with various Banks, Financial institutions, and Government agencies. He is a member in the Managing Committee of ASSOCHAM, FICCI, Indian Sugar Mills Association, South India Sugar Mills Association and AP Distillery Association.
G.B.S. Raju

G.B.S. Raju has rich experience in development and implementation of projects in Infrastructure sector. Under his guidance, the GMR Energy barge-mounted power plant was established in record time, well ahead of the schedule. He heads the finance function of the GMR Group. He is Chairman – Corporate and International Business, GMR Group.
G.Subba Rao

G.Subba Rao is a Commerce Graduate and a Chartered Accountant. He has wide experience at senior level in Public Sector and Private Sector Banks. Previously, he was Board Secretary of a Nationalised Bank.
R.S.S.L.N.Bhaskarudu

R.S.S.L.N.Bhaskarudu is a graduate Electrical Engineer from the College of Engineering, Andhra University. Mr.Bhaskarudu is an Independent Director of GMR Infrastructure Limited (Holding Company). He has over 45 years of experi-ence with proven track record in management and leadership positions. He served more than twenty one years at Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL). During his tenure in BHEL, he was involved in the development and production of turbine generator sets, including auxiliaries all over the country. He also worked for over 16 years with Maruti Udyog Limited (MUL) from its inception. He served as the Managing Director of MUL. He also served as a Member / Chairman of the Public Enterprises Selection Board of the Government of India.
Suresh Goyal

Mr. Suresh Goyal is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of SBI Macquarie Infrastructure Fund, which is one of the largest infrastructure funds in India with a corpus of $ 1.20 billion. His role involves developing and implementing the overall strategy for the Fund.

Prior to joining SBI Macquarie, he was with Leighton International, a pre-eminent construction and mining company, operating in South East Asia, India and Middle East. There he set up Investments & Acquisitions group and led group’s initiatives in PPP/BOT business across the region.

Prior to that, Mr. Suresh Goyal was with Lazard and HSBC in Investment Banking advising clients in India in bidding for Projects, cross-border merger & acquisitions, and fund raisings.
Alok Sinha

Alok Sinha is an IAS Officer of 1986 batch. Presently he is the Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India. He has worked in various capacities in the State Government of Uttar Pradesh and has rich and varied experience
Sudhir Raheja

Sudhir Raheja Mr. Sudhir Raheja, is Member (Planning) in Airports Authority of India, New Delhi, since February 2010 and is responsible for Aerodrome Planning; Corporate Planning and Management Services, Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (Planning); Architecture (Planning) / Development and Maintenance of Metro and Non-Metro airports all over India. He joined Airports Authority of India as Executive Engineer in the year 1988 and worked on various positions.

Mr. Sudhir Raheja is an Engineering Graduate from Delhi College of Engineering, having vast experience in the engineering field with specialisation in Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Buildings, Airport Management, Airport Planning, Passenger Facilitation Services and Airport Infrastructure, is member on number of expert group Committees related to expansion and development of Aviation Infrastructure. In the past he was member of Task Force on Traffic Engineering, Safety and Traffic Management in NCT-Delhi (2004-05). He has participated in numerous conferences, workshops and seminars organised by International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), Airports Council International (ACI) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
S. Suresh

S. Suresh has taken over as the Member (Finance) on the Board of Airports Authority of India (AAI) from 1st August, 2012.

Mr. Suresh has done B.Com and is an Associate Member of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India. He is also having a Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications.

He has vast experience of 31 years of working in various Government Offices and Public Sector Undertakings like Ministry of Defence, NTPC, Bharat Wagons & Engineering (A subsidiary of Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam Ltd) including AAI.

Mr. Suresh joined AAI in the year 1993 as Sr. Manager (F&A) at Hyderabad airport and was instrumental in setting up the first Self accounting Unit at the station. He got promoted as Deputy Director (F&A) in 1997 and was posted as In-charge of Finance in Northern Region.

He took over as the first General Manager (F&A) of North Eastern Region in 2003 at Guwahati. Considering the requirement of the region he created the first net work based application for finance in the region. After a short stint of 1 ½ years in the commercial department at CHQ, he was promoted as Executive Director (F&A) in 2011. As ED Finance he took major steps to improve the cash flow management and bring in systemic improvements in the method of borrowing from the market.

Besides Finance he has special interest in the ICT field. He was instrumental in designing, development and implementation of various computer system based programmes for automising the various functions of Finance.

He was instrumental in implementing web based applications for finance in the northern region. Presently he is heading the steering committee of the team to develop and implement the ERP system for finance and HR functions on pan India basis.
Bashir Ahmad Bin Abdul Majid

Bashir Ahmad Bin Abdul Majid is currently the Managing Director of Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB). He has over 30 years of experience in the airline industry, having worked for companies such as the Malaysian Airline System Berhad (MAS) from June 1972 to November 2001. Prior to joining MAHB, he was Aviation Advisor to the Ministry of Transport, Malaysia.
Christoph Hans Nanke

Christoph Hans Nanke is the Senior Executive Manager of Fraport’s Global Management and Acquisition Department. He is responsible for the subsidiaries in Germany, Austria and India and further acquisition projects. For Fraport he has headed several acquisition project teams (e.g. Management Contract of Cairo International Airport) and spent several months in Turkey as Interim Managing Director for the International Terminal at Antalya (2004). From February 2005 until June 2007 he was Managing Director of Fraport Ground Services Austria in Vienna (Austria).
O. Bangaru Raju

O. Bangaru Raju is Alternate Director to Mr.G.B.S.Raju. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has been associated with GMR Group’s business activities since 1991. Presently he is Chief Executive Officer for Strategic Initiatives and Central Procurement in GMR Group and is involved on matters pertaining to new business / sector entry strategies and new strategic initiatives at the GMR Corporate level.
Faizah Binti Khairuddin

Faizah Binti Khairuddin, is an alternate director to Mr.Bashir Ahmad Bin Abdul Majid, Presently she is the Senior General Manager of Commercial Services of Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB).
Engler Matthias

Mr. Engler Matthias is an alternate director to Mr.Christoph Hans Nanke.

Mr. Engler holds a German University degree (equivalent to M. Sc. Degree) in Business Administration / Electrical Engineering and Information Technology. Presently, he is working as Senior Project Manager with Fraport AG’s Global Investments & Management department and he is also the Managing Director of Fraport AG Project Office Delhi.

During his 17 years in the aviation business with Fraport AG, he was working for the Fraport AG Aviation Ground Services department, the Special Projects department and now the Global Investments & Management department and gained extensive experience in project management, airport operation and airport planning.

Mr. Engler also has international exposure with respect to airport privatization projects and airport master planning in Asia and Europe.

GMR Group

www.gmrgroup.co.in
GMR Group is a Bangalore headquartered global infrastructure major with interests in Airports, Energy, Highways and Urban Infrastructure (including SEZ). Founded in 1978, by its Chairman G.M. Rao, the Group has grown into a well diversified and professionally managed organisation. Employing the public-private partnership model, the Group has successfully implemented several infrastructure projects and is in the process of developing several others, both in India and abroad
Airports Authority of India

www.airportsindia.org.in
AAI is responsible for the provision of airport infrastructure, airport maintenance and air traffic control services in India. AAI is constituted under the Airports Authority of India Act, 1994 and is responsible for civil airports and civil passenger enclaves at defence airports
Fraport

www.fraport.com
Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide is a global airport operator that offers comprehensive airport management services including terminal and traffic management, baggage and cargo handling, aviation ground handling, aviation security and consulting. It operates airports in Germany, Turkey & Peru. Its flagship Frankfurt Main Airport is ranked amongst the top 10 airports in the world.
Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB)

www.malaysiaairports.com.my
Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) was incorporated as a public limited company in November 1999 and was thereafter listed on the Main Board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, becoming the first airport operating company to be listed in Asia and the sixth in the world. MAHB currently operates and manages 38 commercial airports in Malaysia, of which 5 are major international airports including the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The core activities include the management, operation and maintenance as well as development of airports, with primary importance being placed on the operational efficiency, safety and security of passengers, cargo and aircraft operations.