Board of Advisors  

A true service pilot, who has devoted 33 years of unblemished service in various important positions in the Indian Air Force. Trained in HT 2, Harvard and Kiran aircraft, he opted for fighter flying and flew many single and twin jets like Vampire and Hunter single engine fighters and Canberra twin-engine bomber. Having completed Instructor's course, he instructed in both Elementary school and Advanced Flying colleg, holding the post of Chief Flight Instructor.

The pilot has had an illustrious career in the sky. He joined the IAF as Transport pilot and flew a number of aircraft like HT 2, Harvard, Texan, Devon, Twin-engine Dakota DC 3 (one of the best fluke design, which has outlived all fancy aircraft of the era), Twin turbo-engine Russian IL - 14, various categories of Boeing aircraft like B - 707 and B - 747. He has logged more than 12,000 hours. He was an eminent Ground and Flight Instructor. His other passion is golf and he is happy to meet both his hobbies in the lush grren fields of Royal Palms

Marcel Pinto,aged 58 years,B.Sc(Hons) from Bombay University.Professional Banker and Investment Banker.Over 30 years experience in financial Services with SBI, SBICAP, The Chatterjee Group amongst others.An associate of Shikar Outward Bound Institute.Facilator in outward bound training .Mountaineer and adventure sport enthusiat.Has keen interest in aviation field,particularly reforms.Advisor to the Academy in Administration, Finance and training methods.

He has a Post Graduate degree in Business Administration and Industrial Relations. He is young enrgetic, enthusiastic Aviation HR & Admin professional with vast experience in training. He has occupied important posts in Aviation and is a life member of national HRD and APSA Indian Chapter (Hq Malasia). Presently, he is a Programme Director for conducting training modules in FAST for the courses sponsored/ approved by DGR/ Ministry of Defence.