Aditya Ghosh

Co-Founder
Akasa Air
Aditya Ghosh is a Business Leader and Co-Founder of Akasa Air. He is currently a Member of the Board of Directors at Akasa Air, OYO Hotels & Homes, GreenCell Mobility, Tweet Foundation, and Ashoka University. Aditya is also an Independent Director at Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) International Airport. He is the Chairperson of the Social Enterprise Central body of SEWA and is a Member of the CII National Committee & Chairman of the CII National Committee on Skill Development & Livelihood. He is one of the Founders of Ashoka University and a Member of the Circle of Sponsors where he heads the Service Excellence Committee.
Formerly, he was the President & Wholetime Director of IndiGo for ten years where he was instrumental in turning the airline into the largest and most profitable airline in India, and also one of the fastest-growing low-cost carriers in the world. Prior to becoming a Board Member at OYO, he was also the CEO of OYO Hotels and Homes South Asia.

Aditya is World Economic Forum-Young Global Leader and has been recognized as Fortune 40 under 40 Globally and Fortune India 40 under 40 three years in a row. Aditya is a key supporter of the start-up world and through his investment arm, Homage Ventures has invested in consumer-facing businesses such as Blue Tokai, Wholsum Foods, Genepath Diagnostics, CreditEnable, SpeakIn, Vsync, Juggernaut, Ladies Who Lead, EasyRes and Caterland UK, Chourangi.

Aditya is originally a lawyer by training and is now an alumnus of the Harvard Business School, having successfully completed HBS’ coveted and flagship Advanced Management Program (AMP).