PATA India Announces Office Bearers and EC for 2023-25 Term

The team will be led by V Vidyavathi, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India and Vikram Madhok, MD, Abercrombie & Kent (India) Pvt. Ltd, as Chairperson and Vice Chairman respectively.

PATA India Chapter has announced its team of Office Bearers and Executive Committee for the term 2023-2025. The team will be led by V Vidyavathi, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India (GoI), as PATA India Chapter Chairperson along with Vikram Madhok, MD, Abercrombie & Kent (India) Pvt. Ltd, who has been elected as the association’s Vice Chairman.

The team was elected unopposed at PATA India Chapter’s 53^rd AGM and 252^nd Executive Committee Meeting held at The Park Hotel, New Delhi 30^th October, 2023 at its. Runeep Sangha will continue as Executive Director, PATA India Chapter. The Office Bearers are:

Office Bearers 2023-25

Chairperson        V Vidyavathi, Secretary - Ministry of Tourism, GoI

Vice Chairman    Vikram Madhok, MD, Abercrombie & Kent

Hon. Secretary     SanJeet, Director, DDP Publications

Hon. Treasurer    Jatinder Taneja, MD, Travel Spirit International

The Executive Committee for the term 2023-25 are as follows:

Category: Active Government

1. V Vidyavathi – Secretary Tourism, Ministry of Tourism, GoI
2. Rakesh Verma  – Addl. Secretary Tourism, Ministry of Tourism, GoI

Category: Associate Government

• M R Synrem – Managing Director, ITDC
• S S Raju – Executive Director, Airports Authority of India

Category: Active Carrier (National)

• Manish Puri – Head of Sales – Air India Ltd.

Category: Other Active Carriers

• Seema Kumar – CMD, IRCTC
• Ragini Chopra - EVP – Corporate Affairs, Interglobe Enterprises

Category : Allied/Associates

A. Travel Agents/Tour Operator

• Jatinder Taneja – Managing Director, Travel Spirit International
• Vikram Madhok – Managing Director, Abercrombie & Kent
•  Anoop Kanuga – Director, Bathija Travels
•  Sunirmol Ghosh – Director, Indo Asia Tours  

B. Hotels & Resorts

• Praveen Chander Kumar – Vice President, IHCL
• Arjun Sharma – Managing Director, Select Holiday Resorts
• Rohit Arora – General Manager, Apeejay Surendra Park Hotels

C. Sustaining Category

• SanJeet – Director, DDP Publications

Co-opted Members

• Dr. J K Mohanty – CMD, Swosti Group, Odisha

• Riyaz U.C. - MD, Spiceland Holidays & Entertainment

• Capt. Swadesh Kumar - MD, Shikhar Travels