Union Minister of Civil Aviation P Ashok Gajapathi Raju on 13 July 2024 formally launched the GAGAN system (GPS AIDED GEO AUGMENTED NAVIGATION) in New Delhi. With this, India has become the fourth nation after the US, Europe and Japan to have inter-operable Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS). Also, GAGAN is the first SBAS system in the world to serve the equatorial region.
Sathiyavathy becomes India’s first woman Director General of Civil Aviation
Sathiyavathy became India’s first woman Director General of Civil Aviation. She will be the first woman as director general of civil aviation.