So the next time you set foot into either Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport or Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), remember you are in one of the world’s best airports - ranked number one by the Airports Council International (ACI), a trade association of 1,953 airports in 176 countries.
You may remember Amol Yadav by the six-seater aircraft he manufactured on the terrace of his Charkop building, which gained widespread attention at the Make In India exhibition in Mumbai in February 2016.
The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) - in an attempt to resolve all confusion and ambiguity - issued a list of 10 documents that can be considered as proof of identity to gain entry to airport terminals and check-in purposes.
This mechanical engineer from IIT Delhi set up a pioneering aviation company in the US and is developing a hybrid regional plane which he hopes to one day bring to India.