Govt. approves appointment of Jet Airways independent director

Sharad Sharma gets Aviation Ministry’s security clearance

A Jet Airways Boeing 737-800 passenger plane moves on the runway as a man walks past at an airport in New Delhi on August 27, 2018.

Jet Airways on Saturday said the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) had given the security clearance for the appointment of Sharad Sharma as an independent director of the company. At the annual general meeting held in August, Mr. Sharma was appointed as an independent director.

“This is to inform that the MoCA has, vide its letter dated 5 September 2018, granted security clearance for the appointment of Sharad Sharma as director. Accordingly, Mr. Sharma’s appointment as an independent director of the company takes effect from September 5, 2018,” Jet said in a BSE filing.