AjayVir Singh, the Managing Director of Dhillon Aviation Pvt Ltd, belongs toVillage Lalpur in Rupnagar District. Right from his childhood days, he hadalways dreamt of doing something different, and wanted to pursue his career intrade which has its unique identity.
Afterhis B.Tech (CSE) from GNDU Amritsar, he bagged his first job as a marketingagent for a Pressure Cooker firm. Later he pursued his career as a ComputerTeacher in Polytechnic College in Jalandhar.
Meanwhilehaving a penchant to do something different and unique, Ajay Vir decided toenter into the field of aviation in 2005. “I never thought of choppers orentering aviation industry, but as destiny has its own plans, I got the chanceto prove myself. Aviation industry was not only something new for me but a hugechallenge as I was the first generation in Bussiness from my family and also atotal naive to this industry”.
Howeveralmighty was very kind to bless my dedication with its fruitful results, saidAjay Vir, adding that within two years he not only managed to start his owncompany but bagged some really big projects.
Hesaid that in 2007, DAPL became one of the few companies to operate for StatePolice of Chattisgarh to assist them in anti naxal operations.
Andthen in 2010 DAPL became the first Civil Company to operate for RBI fordistribution of money to various Chest in State Government of Chhattisgarh.Besides DAPL also got the honour to serve the department during the time ofdemonetisation drive.
Sharinghis achievements he said that in 2012 DAPL became the pioneer to execute the High-tensionSurvey via Lidar/thermal Camera’s for Power Grid of India.
Addingon he said in 2014 DAPL achieved another milestone by becoming the first Civilcompany in the country to serve the central forces i.e CRPF against their antiNaxal movements in the States of Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Jharkhand.
Hesaid that as DAPL now holds a good experience of operating in the Maoist-affectedzones, albeit for ferrying civilians and VVIPs, its now the first choice of thegovernment when it comes to hiring private choppers.
He said they deploy its own pilots and crew for theoperation, repair and overhauling of the flying machines.
Besides the choppers work as precious help during operationsor for evacuating casualties, thereby saving numerous lives as time is at apremium in this theatre of operations, he added.