Young and upbeat - M. THIAGARAJAN

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M. THIAGARAJAN

Young and upbeat

What’s common between Stelios Haji-loannou and M. Thaigarajan? Aviation, of course! But there is a finer glory there if you ponder hard over it – they both started young as the top man in their respective airline companies! While Guinness Book of Records tagged Stelios as the youngest Chairman of a scheduled airline (EasyJet, UK) when he was just twenty-eight, Thaigarajan wins the title of the world’s youngest airline CEO. But there’s one thing about Thiagarajan, his hobby, celestial navigation as many call it showing his vision for India in this century.

“I have seen very little of him personally or over meetings as most of the times he sends someone else to act on behalf of him. But whatever I know of him, he seems to be a quiet and serious personality,” comments Siddhanta Sharma, Chairman & CEO, Spice Jet who shares friendly terms with Paramount Airways as confirmed by C.R. Kannan, AVP, Paramount Airways. Thiagarajan has gifted aggression to his aviation company and within 30 months of its launch, Paramount is reigning supreme in South India by capturing maximum market share and attaining a dominant leadership position (as far as the high-value business carriers are concerned) using just Brazil-made Embraer aircrafts. “He might just be influential in the coming year, you never know,” adds Siddhanta. But remaining confined to just South India is not Thiagarajan’s cup of tea; he wants to spread his wings not only across India but later globally as well. This young man’s big plans comprise expansion through increasing the fleet size by 40 more Embraer aircrafts by 2010. The mantra of Thiagarajan appears to be concentrating on a single region, deluging and then leading before heading towards other areas as stands proven via his plans. He plans to enter western India by May-June this year and the north Indian zone by early 2009. He also has ‘beyond boundaries’ plans to go global (covering Europe, Far East, USA et al) by 2015-16, ensuring that India is a winner this century.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008

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