Usha Padhee (IAS:1996:OR), joint secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation, has been given additional charge as director general of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS).
She is the first woman and third IAS officer to have been appointed to the post.
The aviation security body has usually been headed by an IPS officer. Earlier, IPS officer Rakesh Asthana (IPS:1984:GJ) was given charge of the BCAS. He has now been moved to the Border Security Force (BSF) as director general.
