New York: In the world of high-flying professions, you won’t find many other unique personalities like the Andhra Pradesh-born physician Dr. Venkataramana Vijay, 54, now a cardio-thoracic and vascular surgeon in New York City, at the Mt. Sinai Hospital of…
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Women engineers take flight
Women perform a major role in the airline industry not just as pilots and cabin crew but also as maintenance engineers. Metrolife spoke to say about 7 per cent of their ground maintenance staff are women. “Earlier not many women…
Tea-seller’s daughter gets IAF wings as top flying cadet
Uniforms have been Aanchal Gangwal’s passion right from childhood, perhaps because her hometown happens to have a key training academy for CRPF. The 23-year-old daughter of a tea seller from this small district in Madhya Pradesh is all set to…
Amrita Saha, The Cabin Crew Who Was Stigmatised By Her Society Reveals How Much Has Changed
The pandemic has changed everything for everyone. The way we work, the way we sleep, and even the way we eat. It is believed that the life we are living right now is going to be the new normal. While…
Chennai pilot lets passion soar past the silent skies
Chennai: Cruising at 35,000feet on a Boeing 737 loaded with essential supplies and medical equipment, captain Arun Prakash often misses the chatter in the radio, for the sky is near-empty with all passenger flights in the country grounded as part…
Worried about putting family at risk, says Gujarat pilot who ferries essential cargo
Mumbai: “In this time of crisis, I realise that I have a responsibility towards my country and organisation. I step out of my house every day with a firm resolve to serve the people in need. And my father is…