Thursday, 3 September 2020

IAS Officer Usha Padhee First Woman DG Of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security

 IAS Officer Usha Padhee First Woman DG Of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security

Usha Padhee, joint secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation, has been given additional charge as Director-General, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS).

She is the first woman and third IAS officer to have been appointed to the post.

The 1996-batch Odisha cadre IAS officer took charge after IPS officer Rakesh Asthana was posted as director-general of the Border Security Force (BSF) on August 17.