The Hindu Business Line : 11 Indian officials shifted to Mumbai at one go

New Delhi, Sept 27 The decision of the National Aviation Company of India (NACIL) to shift several staff members from Delhi to Mumbai as part of the restructuring process could create human resources problems for the airline in the coming days.

Sources point out that in the case of erstwhile Indian alone as many as 11 of the 53 directors and executive director personnel have been shifted from Delhi to Mumbai.

“The discontent is at an individual level at the moment and is not being expressed collectively.

“Being in the airline business, we are shifted every few years. But so many people being shifted at one go does seem unprecedented,” said a senior airline official.

NACIL is the new entity into which Air India and Indian have been amalgamated.

Questioning the logic, an official wondered why the airline was going against current trends.

“In today’s day and age, when location of employees is not the key factor, why should the management want to shift so many people?

“The Government has indicated that the Strategic Business Units (SBUs) would be spread between both the cities, although now it would seem that most of the SBUs are to be in Mumbai,” an official said.

Sources point out that the only high-level official from the erstwhile Air India to shift from Mumbai to Delhi has been Mr P.P. Singh who is Chief Operating Officer, Air India Express.

Among the 11 senior level personnel who have been shifted to Mumbai are Mr S.K. Kundra who is to be Executive Director-Finance-2, Mr Shyam Lall, (Executive Director, Related Business), Mr H.S. Grover (Executive Director, Legal), Strategic Business Unit head (Cargo) and Director (Finance).

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