SSB Director General Amrit Mohan Prasad has been given additional charge of Director General of BCAS
New Delhi: Amrit Mohan Prasad, the Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), has been given the additional responsibility of Director General, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), by the Central government.
The Cabinet’s Appointments Committee endorsed this move, which shows how confident the government is in Prasad’s administrative and leadership skills.
Prasad, an Odisha cadre IPS officer from the 1989 batch, has been assigned the extra responsibility for a period of six months, beginning on November 1, 2024, or until the regular incumbent joins, or until further directives are issued, whichever comes first.
“The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Civil Aviation for ex post facto approval for entrustment of the additional charge of the post of Director General, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (DG, BCAS) to Amrit Mohan Prasad, IPS (OD:89), DG, SSB for 06 months w.e.f. 01.11.2024, or till the joining of the regular incumbent or until further orders, whichever is the earliest,” the order reads.
Months after BCAS DG Zulfiqar Hasan’s retirement on October 31 of last year, Prasad was assigned the responsibility.
BCAS is the regulating body for civil aviation security in India. It was reorganized as an autonomous department within the Ministry of Civil Aviation on April 1, 1987.
The Director General of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security, who is in charge of implementing Annexure-17 to the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) Chicago convention, is an official with the rank of Director General of Police.
The National Civil Aviation Security Programme (NCASP) is developed, implemented, and maintained by the Director General of the Bureau of Civil Aviation.
