Indian Aviation Academy Nurturing Aviation for the Future

Sh. KOTHE V S S H RAO, graduate in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Andhra University, Andhra Pradesh, joined Airports Authority in April 1992 as Aerodrome Officer and completed his Ab- Initio training from CATC, Prayagraj. He has vast Experience in different fields of Air Traffic Management and has worked as an active Air Traffic Controller and on the job training instructor at Chennai, Varanasi, Kolkata, Begumpet, Shamshabad, as an Instructor at Hyderabad Training Centre with an   Incident free ATC Record of 33 Yrs before joining CATC, PRAYAGRAJ in August 2025. Apart from Ab-Initio, he has successfully completed Surveillance Control Course from CATC, and various specialized Courses like, PANS-OPS Course, PBN Procedure design Course, Instructor techniques Course, all from this prestigious Aviation Institute. He has undergone, Helicopter Procedure design course conducted by ENAC, at Tolouse, France and also successfully completed ANSP MANAGEMENT ADVANCED MASTERS COURSE jointly conducted by AAI and ENAC. He has been associated with, Aerodrome licensing, NOC, IAL Procedure Design and has played a vital role in Expanding and Streamlining ATM Training facilities during his tenure as Training in Charge at Shamshabad to cater to the future requirements and contributed to the Modernization program of ATS Facilities at Shamshabad.  As Train the Trainer, and Training In charge, he led and motivated group of OJTIs to build a pool of quality Controllers at Shamshabad. He is DGCA approved Examiner, operational expert and held the position of Head of Training for English Language Training and testing at HTC, before joining CATC as General Manager (ATM) Being an instructor since long, he believes quality training and safety are the most vital factors in upholding the organization’s image.