DR.VANDANA AGGARWAL - Profile
DR. VANDANA AGGARWAL, AGED 63 YEARS, HAS BEEN A CAREER CIVIL SERVANT AND ECONOMIST FOR ABOUT 36 YEARS. DR. VANDANA JOINED THE INDIAN ECONOMIC SERVICE IN 1986 AFTER HER STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON AND UNIVERSITY OF DELHI, INCLUDING LADY SHRI RAM COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, THE DELHI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL STUDIES & BUSINESS ECONOMICS. HER PH.D. THESIS WAS ON INVESTMENT AND REGULATORY ASPECTS OF DEEP-SEA MINING. DR. VANDANA LAST SERVED AS SENIOR ECONOMIC ADVISER (ADDITIONAL SECRETARY) IN THE MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. SHE HANDLED KEY REFORMS AND POLICY FORMULATION, IMPLEMENTATION OF SCHEMES, AND ECONOMIC REGULATION, AS WELL AS SECURITY AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT (INCLUDING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC). SHE HAS ALSO SERVED ON THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF CENTRAL PUBLIC CORPORATES AND COUNCILS SUCH AS AAI CARGO LOGISTICS & ALLIED SERVICES LTD. (AAICLAS) AND AEROSPACE AND AVIATION SECTOR SKILL COUNCIL (AASSC). IN A LARGE AND DIVERSE DEVELOPING COUNTRY LIKE INDIA, DR. VANDANA HAS WORKED IN VARIOUS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES (CIVIL AVIATION, FINANCE, COMMERCE, INDUSTRY, CABINET SECRETARIAT, ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS & CLIMATE CHANGE, PLANNING COMMISSION, NINTH FINANCE COMMISSION, AND THE PERMANENT MISSION OF INDIA TO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION) HANDLING CORE REFORMS IN INDIA ACROSS INDUSTRY, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRADE, AND TAXATION SECTORS, IMPLEMENTATION OF SCHEMES, ECONOMIC REGULATION, CLIMATE CHANGE MATTERS, AS WELL AS NATIONAL SECURITY AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT. DR. VANDANA IS CURRENTLY SERVING ON SOME HIGH-LEVEL GOVERNMENTAL BODIES, AS MEMBER, ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON MARITIME STUDIES AND ALSO AS LEAD EXPERT FOR COURSE CONSOLIDATION, BOTH AT THE INDIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY AND AS CHAIRPERSON OF VARIOUS COMMITTEES FOR SEEDING GREENFIELD BUSINESSES AT THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES CENTRE (IFSC) IN INDIA'S GIFT-CITY, SUCH AS AIRCRAFT AS WELL AS SHIP ACQUISITIONS, LEASING AND FINANCING UNDER PROJECTS RUPEE RAFTAAR AND SAFAL RESPECTIVELY. SHE IS ALSO A MEMBER ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE AIRCARGO FORUM INDIA, A NON-PROFIT, NON-GOVERNMENTAL, NATION WIDE TRADE AND LOGISTICS FORUM. DR. VANDANA AGGARWAL IS ON THE BOARD OF BLUE DART AVIATION LTD. SINCE OCTOBER 27, 2022.