Directorate General of

Civil Aviation (India)

AIMThe Vision Endeavour to promote

safe and efficient

Air Transportation through regulation and

proactive safety oversight system

INTRODUCTION The Directorate General of Civil

Aviation (DGCA) is the Indian governmental regulatory body for civil aviation under

the Ministry of Civil Aviation. This directorate investigates aviation accidents and

incidents. It is headquartered along Sri Aurobindo Marg, opposite Safdarjung Airport,

in New Delhi. The Government of India is planning to replace the organisation with a

Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), modelled on the lines of the American Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA).

HEADQUARTERS New Delhi, India

THE REGULATORY BODY INCLUDES

• Minister of civil aviation : Shri P.Ashok Gajapathi Raju

For more details click here http://www.civilaviation.gov.in/aboutus/orgsetup

• Director General : Smt. M. Sathiyavathy Fore more details click here

http://dgca.nic.in/dgca/dir-ind.htm

• Civil aviation is one of two major categories of flying representing all non military aviation ,both private and commercial Most of the countries in the world are members of the INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANISATION (ICAO) and work together to establish common standards and recommended practices for civil aviation through that agency civil aviation includes two major categories .• * Scheduled air transport ,including all passengers

and cargo flights operating on regularly scheduled routes .• * General Aviation (GA) , including all other civil

flights private or commercial .

• Regional office• DGCA has fourteen Regional Airworthiness

Offices (RAO) at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Cochin, Bhopal, Lucknow, Patna, Bhubaneshwar, Kanpur, Guwahati and Patiala. It has also five Regional Air Safety offices located at

Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Hyderabad. It has a Regional Research and Development Office located at Bangalore

and a Gliding Centre at Pune.

OUR

VISION

• Flight Standard Directorate.• Information & Regulation Directorate.•Aircraft Engineering Directorate.•Directorate Of Flight Crew Licensing.• Training Section.• F.G. Section.•Medical Section.

• Endeavour to promote safe and efficient Air Transportation through regulation and proactive safety oversight system.• Departments• These are classified and divided into the following:• Administration Directorate.• Aerodrome Standards Directorate.• Air Safety Directorate.• Air Transport Directorate.• Airworthiness Directorate.

Air accident investigation• Previously the DGCA conducted investigations and gave

information to the investigations established by the Court of Inquiry and the Committee Inquiry. A separate investigative agency was established to comply with the Standards And Recommended Practices (SARPs) of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). Therefore the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) was established in 2011

• Aviation security• In January 1978 the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS)

was established as a department of the DGCA. As a result of the 1985 bombing of Air India Flight 182, on 1 April 1987 the BCAS became an independent agency of the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

State Safety Programme - INDIAIndia Safety PolicyMaking India saferSafety management systems (SMS) help oraganisations identify safety risks before they become bigger problems. Civil Aviation Requirements require the aviation industry to put safety management systems in place as an extra layer of protection to help save lives.

The State Safety Programme (SSP)is an integrated set of regulations and activities aimed at improving safety.   

>What is SMS?

A systematic approach to managing safety, including the necessary organizational structures, accountabilities, policies and procedures.   

>Where are we?•An operator shall implement a safety management system acceptable to DGCA'  and 'a maintenance organization shall implement a safety management system acceptable to DGCA

•An air traffic services provider shall implement a safety management system acceptable to DGCA‘

 * The operator of a licensed aerodrome shall implement a Safety Management System acceptable to DGCA'

REFERENCE >Aviation ManagementGlobal and National Perspectives by Randeep Singh book no: sts481>Wikipedia /deputy general of civil aviation