"Captain Poonam Devrakhyani"

There are people who walk into a room and are naturally recognized as leaders. Initiators and processors are two different skill sets. We must challenge assumptions, behave as a role model, walk the talk, and empower people around. All perhaps relevant to the old hierarchical, command-and-control organisation. Domineering, take-charge charismatic individual – the ‘Golden Girl’ figure. The tittle was honoured to me by Jet Airways for my in creditable outstanding dedication towards my service, further an article was published in flight magazine of Jet Airways, The Jet Wings. We have to nurture our leadership skills that doesn’t depend on the illusion of extraordinary individuals.  Indeed, the leadership of the future will not be provided simply by being an individual but by motivation and commitment drive to considered your workplace your pace. The title was entitled to me when I topped the University of Mumbai for BSc in Aviation, topping the university was not an easy task as I ...

“Technology has made easier for the students to learn with new devices, but nothing can come closer to the experience of being taught by a teacher”. Let’s take a moment to thanks our teachers who has mould and shape our cravings, you have done a great job being an effective and amazing college instructor. I thought I should thank our professors for being an excellent lecturer to us. The inspirational motivating words have etched me, the ways and form of imparting knowledge in binding and wrapping more of funny ways that never made the expression feel being in a class room training. I would like to owe hearty thanks to my professors at TBS, France and IIM Bangalore who have been amazing all through the journey of my course. A lot of life’s significant decision takes birth from something simple but profound by the skills imparted through our education. Every lesson and term you explained, you related it to current real-life example, you brilliantly changed the idea of boring lec...

Rightly said positive thinking is the power of our soul. Reflections often are the mirror of our positive or negative outcome in all our duties, in order to balance positivity, we need to have the right mindfulness and peace in all our dealings. Very well described by – Susan Gale "As long as you feel pain, you're still alive. As long as you make mistakes, you're still human. And as long as you keep trying, there' still hope." It’s the inner drive which really makes us moving towards our aims and determined the will power, that failure is stepping stone towards our success. Let me narrate a small story of my life where today I am a Commercial Flight Captain but all due the efforts of my parents and all my hardship imbedded my mother to start up with her own Aviation Consultancy, so she  rode on a narrow path seeing my pains and efforts conquering one stage after the other following procedure running after documentation from one end to the other, aspired her to h...

The civil aviation industry in India has emerged as one of the fastest growing industries in the country. India is currently considered the third largest domestic civil aviation market in the world. India has become the third largest domestic aviation market in the world. India is a growing country in all senses and while the airline passenger numbers are increasing every year, the airlines are closing their operations also. We have seen the struggle of some  Airlines company  in the last few months. Once upon a time, it was a glorious airline operating in the Indian domestic sector and international as well. The main culprit for today’s situation is due the price war between the airlines. The main idea to fill the 100 per cent seats, airlines offer cheaper tickets which makes them to reduce the prices further. And which now had ended with trouble which airline company is facing today. The moment airlines are charging equal ticket prices or more than their operating expense...

STEERING THE SKY HIGH – AN ADVENTUROUS EXPERIENCE Being a captain as a profession is very audacious, reputed, well-appointed and rewarding, putting on the thinking hats, aspire out of the league and aim to live a thrilling yet euphoric life.  Flying is not all fantasy and cool views but involves enormous hard work, persistence and struggle before one embarks on the high life. Thank You for giving the privilege and inviting me for being a part of the corporate interface at Christ University, Bengaluru. Receiving felicitation was an honour from Archana Singh, PhD Associate Professor – HR, altogether it was a pleasant experience knowledge sharing session and educating students on the cyclical nature of the airlines industry and aspiring them by narrating own the real life stories a journey of Poonam Devrakhyani to Capt. Poonam Devrakhyani. Sharing the lime light moments and addressing 350 students, was a prodigious twinkling, giving back what you take back and ...

In an industry predictable for its recurrent recital, dynamic expansion with technological advancement with an increasing cycle of rapid growth with modesty and emphasis on digital virtual world connectivity. The cyclical nature of the trade which makes the industry capital intensive, with current level of its increasing capacity at its pace with publication and on-time performance data, now a days the trend in the sector is based on the transition where suppliers play active role in the penetration, creating opportunities for venture and airport advancement. The social hub is the current phenomena that’s booming in the market, aerotropolis creating array of services under one umbrella. A strong consolidation strategy is the foundation to diversifying into other market segments. Integrated systems and standardised platforms are now the norms which serve as a basket portfolio to the passengers. Travel Retailers concept truly embraces the aviation industry, where it offers customised ...

Rewards and Recognition is an integrated process not a bolt on-process. As we all know the value of our degree, the time and efforts we invested to be a qualified individual. The special moments are the one which always lived by our hearts, the time spent during garnering education milestone. In this Blog I would like to share my emotional moments of pride and honour which almost took me with a roller-coaster ride. My Alma Master: Bombay Flying School and College Days are the one of the best time of life. Friends, teachers, bunks, games and learning activities’ everything apart from studies is fun but studies are fun in their own whelmed. In order to pursue my aviation dreams of flying high steering the sky being a free bird as weightless, my  BSc in Aviation was more than a choice rather than a Degree, it was one step moving towards my dream.  Let me bring to you all my real life real experience story which my aim here is to boost your motivation and achieve your domain ga...

A brand is very well defined by consumers perception, the right type of experiences must be built around the brand to generate positive feelings, beliefs, opinions, and insights about it. However, products or service cannot generate brand equity on their own – this requires companies to develop creative efforts that result in consumers bestowing on the service the desired brand image. Many Global airlines has taken off on their 'social' flight and some are pandering in innovative conducts to engross with patrons to build lasting dealings with them. In order to get the mind of share the airline companies have to planned in different strategies to lure customer attention and create a brand recall in their mind of consumer for their feat which they need to achieve. The digital medium has gained the momentum, where airlines have come up with different packages and plans clubbing up the offer with its social media platform which provides an advantage to generate traffic by...