Dr. Arjun Singh is Supreme’s chief consultant for all aviation requirements and services. Dr. Arjun Singh was a Program Director for US-India Aviation Cooperation Program (ACP) in Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC) from May 2008 to January 2013, leading coordination between Ministry of Civil Aviation, Director General of Civil Aviation and Airports Authority of India about the technical assistance on various areas of airports and aerospace. Key areas of his duties in ACP IACC were:
He has enriched experience in Project Monitoring & Implementation, Communication, Navigation and Surveillance /Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) Planning, Installation, Testing, Commissioning and Maintenance of CNS system for the last 25 years. Prior to joining ACP, He was Secretary to Ajay Prasad’s Committee on “Futuristic Air Navigation System Master Plan” and completed the task in Feb-2008. This report was submitted to Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India, for acceptance and implementation.
He has worked as Joint General Manager (Communication), in Directorate of Communication, Navigation and Surveillance-Planning in AAI, Corporate Head Quarter, New Delhi-110003 and played key lead role in implementation of Indian Space Based Augmentation System (SBAS) i.e. GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) – GNSS which is the next generation technology. He was also responsible for planning and implementation of Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS) at Delhi and Mumbai airports. Both the technologies are still under implementation.
In the same department he did monitoring of the status of 140 airports CNS facilities. In addition to this, he advised stations on maintenance of CNS facilities, analyzing the fault reports of the equipments and apprising about the status to Board of Director AAI and suggested strategy for maintenance of the CNS facilities at the airports.
Further he has worked as Deputy General Manager (Communication), in Directorate of Radio Construction and Development Unit of AAI and played key lead role for site selection, issue of list of civil and electrical works, installation, testing of CNS equipment and finally, air calibrating the facilities for commissioning in coordination of CHQ, AAI. In addition he also did the feasibility and cost benefit analysis of whether India needs SBAS or GBAS. His analysis concluded in keeping diverse conditions of Indian airports and country requirement. SBAS is the solution and this technology is under implementation as GAGAN project.
He joined DGCA-India, Ministry of Civil Aviation (MCA) as “Group A” officer in year 1983. Since then He has worked at various capacities at different airports. Prior to the Central Government job, he served the State Government as lecturer in Polytechnic College, Lucknow (U.P) for five years.
He did Bachelor of Engineering from M.M.M. Engineering College, Gorakhpur (UP) in the year 1977 and Master of Business Administration - Finance in the year 1993. He also received M.E. degree in Microwave and Radar Engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad (A.P.) in the year 1995 and received Ph.D. (Electronic and Communication Engineering) degree in the year 2005 from Osmania University, Hyderabad (AP).