Senior bureaucrat Shefali Juneja has been elected as the Chairperson of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Aviation Security Committee. This will see India taking charge of the position after a gap of 12 years. Juneja was serving as India’s representative in the council of the ICAO since 2019.
With this appointment, Juneja will become the first woman to lead this strategic committee for the United Nations’ body. Juneja, a 1992 batch officer of the Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax cadre), served as the Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation before joining the ICAO. She was appointed as the Representative of India in the council for a period of three years, replacing senior IAS officer Alok Shekhar.
Located in Montreal, Canada, the ICAO Council adopts standards and recommends practices concerning air navigation, its infrastructure, flight inspection, prevention of unlawful interference, and facilitation of border-crossing procedures for international civil aviation. The ICAO also defines the protocols for air accident investigation that are followed by transport safety authorities in countries signatory to the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation
