Shri R.K. Tyagi has taken over as Chairman of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited(HAL), today. Previously, he was Chairman and Managing Director of Pawan Hans Helicopter Ltd.(since May 2007).

He is an Engineering Graduate in Electronics and Telecommunication (1975) from IIT Roorkee and also possesses a Degree of Master in Business Administration. Subsequently, he has also attended an Advanced Leadership course on Public Sector Management for 15 months at Indian School of Business (ISB Hyderabad) in the years 2004-05.

He joined ONGC as a Graduate Trainee in the year 1976 and through various assignments rose to the position of General Manager in the year 2003 and continued serving ONGC upto May 2007 (31 years).

He was holding the position of Chairman cum Managing Director at Pawan Hans Helicopter Ltd. (PHHL) from May 2007 to Feb 2012.

His contribution on other Forums are :

• Vice President, Aeronautical Society of India.

• Member, National Committee on Civil Aviation of CII.

• Member Organising Committee Conference on ‘India – South-East Asia : Need for Civil Aviation Cooperation’.

• Member, National Committee on Civil Aviation of FICCI.

• President, Indian Institute of Industrial Engineering, Delhi Chapter.

• Member, National Committee on Civil Aviation Safety Advisory Council.

• Fellow – Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers(IETE).

• Member, Institute of Engineers(IE).

• Member, National Institute of Personnel Management(NIPM).

• Member, Rotary Wing Society of India (RWSI).

• Member, Task Force Committee constituted by Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) to facilitate growth of helicopter operations in India.

• Member, Steering Committee for formulating Strategic Plans of MoCA.