BIRD - Key Persons
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- Director
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Mr. Gaurav Bhatia plays a vital role in providing strategic direction to the dynamically evolving business verticals at Bird Group. An alumnus of the prestigious Modern School, Vasant Vihar, he has a degree in Business Management from the University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom. The young scion of the Bhatia family joined the business at the turn of the century in early 2000, a time when the aviation industry was at the cusp of unprecedented growth and evolution.
Mr Gaurav Bhatia founded Bird Automotive, one of India's leading dealerships of premium automobile brands like BMW and MINI (from the BMW group). Tapping into the growing electronic vehicles market, E-next Mobility was launched under his leadership, which today has the biggest sales market across India in a span of 18 months. E-Next Mobility represents Citroën, a French automobile brand and Piaggio which has a presence of 6 showrooms across Delhi/NCR and has made a mark in the Electric 3 wheeler market. Owing to his in-depth understanding of the luxury sector, a new venture of Bird Group, Bird Automobiles Pvt. Ltd. recently inaugurated a state-of-the-art ‘Porsche Centre' in Kolkata, West Bengal, an ultra-modern showroom providing cutting-edge sales and operations services for Porsche cars.
Mr Gaurav Bhatia, besides being a successful and dynamic entrepreneur is also a loving family man. Amidst his busy schedule and business commitments, he loves to spend as much time with his wife Mrs. Megha Bhatia, who has been the force behind many social empowerment projects and his dynamic daughters, Amaeera and Vannia Bhatia.
In the backdrop of the early 1970's, a time when India was at the cusp of modernization and growth, Mr. Vijay Bhatia a young graduate from Ramjas College (Delhi University), decided to pursue his passion for travel which went on to become his chosen path for a very successful career spanning across decades. Born in Lahore, into a middle class family, rooted firmly in principles and strong values, he moved to Delhi together with his parents after they retired from Government service.
Mr. Vijay Bhatia, a man known for his gentle demeanour, delightful sense of humour and his ability to connect with people, started a small travel agency that provided personalised and well researched travel services mostly to local businessmen - the carpet sellers of Banaras, leather manufacturers of Kanpur, garment exporters of Delhi and handicraft makers of Moradabad. His knowledge, expertise, excellent service and business acumen resulted in the dynamic growth of his business in the travel industry. Being a perfectionist at heart, slow and steady was always his guiding principle. His penchant for extensive travel, reading books on myriad subjects and his being social and friendly endeared him to more and more people in the fraternity and family alike.
He was joined by his wife Radha Bhatia in 1973. Together they took their business to greater heights. Leveraging the wave of a rising new dawn in India, they envisioned a unique business strategy that supported the growth of the existing travel and aviation industry by bringing automation and travel technology to India. Amadeus India was thus founded which later continued to pioneer the Indian market for decades. Their exemplary vision was further carried forward by their sons, Dr. Ankur Bhatia and Gaurav Bhatia.
A man of myriad interests, Mr. Vijay Bhatia loves spending time amidst nature and travelling to destinations where he can enjoy tranquillity and nature's untouched beauty. When not surrounded by the delightful presence of his four grandchildren, Mr Bhatia loves to listen to old Hindi classics, reminiscent of an unforgettable era which he cherishes deeply. Whenever time permits, he loves to warm up with a few strokes off his cricket bat.
He was joined by his wife Radha Bhatia in 1973. Together they took their business to greater heights. Leveraging the wave of a rising new dawn in India, they envisioned a unique business strategy that supported the growth of the existing travel and aviation industry by bringing automation and travel technology to India. Amadeus India was thus founded which later continued to pioneer the Indian market for decades. Their exemplary vision was further carried forward by their sons, Dr. Ankur Bhatia and Gaurav Bhatia.
A man of myriad interests, Mr. Vijay Bhatia loves spending time amidst nature and travelling to destinations where he can enjoy tranquillity and nature's untouched beauty. When not surrounded by the delightful presence of his four grandchildren, Mr Bhatia loves to listen to old Hindi classics, reminiscent of an unforgettable era which he cherishes deeply. Whenever time permits, he loves to warm up with a few strokes off his cricket bat.
Together with their younger son, Gaurav, Mr. & Mrs Bhatia continue to fuel the growth of the travel, aviation and hospitality industry in India, each complementing the strengths of the other to innovate, inspire and lead Bird Group to be one of the largest business conglomerates in the country. Driven by a deep sense of service, ethics and care towards the industry and society at large, the family continues to build a wonderful legacy.
Mrs Radha Bhatia is the Chairperson of Bird Group, a family run business, founded in the year 1971. Over the last 52 years, Mrs Bhatia, her husband, Mr Vijay Bhatia and their dynamic sons, Late Dr. Ankur Bhatia and Mr.Gaurav Bhatia have played a phenomenal role to expand the portfolio of Bird Group across diverse business verticals.
Mrs. Bhatia completed her schooling from Sophia Girls School and has a Master's Degree in Psychology from Allahabad University. She began her professional journey as a teacher as she was passionate about training and imparting career oriented skills to youth, who she continues to mentor and guide with an astute vision to give wings to their dreams.
She is the force behind Bird Academy, her dream project and the education arm of Bird Group, an IATA and DGCA approved travel, hospitality & aviation institute which was founded in the year 1998. Since its inception the institute has trained thousands of young professionals who are successfully employed in India and overseas in the burgeoning travel, tourism, aviation and hospitality industries.
In the last 52 years of her exemplary career, she has held many significant positions across industry associations and fraternities of global repute. Mrs. Bhatia is a Founder Member of the World Travel & Tourism Council India Initiative and is the former Chairman of the Council. She is the Vice Chairperson of Export Software Council and is also profoundly associated with various industry associations such as CII, EBG, ASSOCHAM, FICCI, PHD, IACC, FIEO, Indo- American and Indo-German Chamber of Commerce. She was also the Founder and Chairperson of the CII-IWN (Indian Women Network), Delhi Chapter.
Mrs Radha Bhatia was selected by the Government of Solomon Islands to represent their country in India and is the first Indian woman to hold a prestigious, diplomatic position as Honorary Consul of Solomon Islands.
She is the Founder and President of Women In Aviation India, a non-profit organisation dedicated to the encouragement and advancement of women in the field of aviation. Since 2015, she has inspired thousands of girls across the length and breadth of the country inspiring them to make aviation their preferred choice of career. Late Prime Minister, Shri. Atal Bihari Vajpayee conferred the prestigious award, ‘The Outstanding Woman Entrepreneur of the Year' on her, which she was later awarded for nine consecutive years.
A woman of myriad interests, Mrs. Bhatia, in addition to being a loving mother and wife, is also a doting grandmother to her grandchildren. Her weekends are immersed in music, art, painting, playing the sitar and cooking. She is constantly evolving even today, learning new skills especially in the field of technology and is at the helm of dynamically changing trends in the industry around her. She authored a widely popular book ʻLassis of India - Smoothies With a Twist which is not only a repertoire of mindfully curated recipes, but a grandmother's labour of love, an attempt to weave together stories, wisdom and recipes across five generations, starting from her own grandmother, reaching out to her grandchildren.
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