Inspirational story of Shrikant Pantawane, auto driver turned Indigo Pilot
IndiGo, on Monday, shared on micro-blogging site Twitter, an excerpt of Mr Pantawane's exceptional story which features in their in-house magazine for the month.
Make sure you catch the inspirational story of Shrikant Pantawane,auto driver turned pilot, in this month's Hello 6E! pic.twitter.com/09nirwwa0D
— IndiGo (@IndiGo6E) June 15, 2015
Born and raised in Nagpur, Mr Pantawane's father worked as a security guard. His humble background meant Mr Pantawane had to start earning early and he juggled school with a job as a delivery boy, driving around in an auto.
It was during an airport delivery that Mr Pantawane struck up a conversation with a tea-stall vendor there and learnt of the pilot scholarship program run by aviation regulator DGCA or the Directorate General of Civil Aviation...