Mrs. Radha Bhatia

Chairperson, Bird Group

Mrs Radha Bhatia is the Chairperson of Bird Group, a family run business, founded in the year 1971. Over the last 52 years, Mrs Bhatia, her husband, Mr Vijay Bhatia and their dynamic sons, Late Dr. Ankur Bhatia and Mr.Gaurav Bhatia have played a phenomenal role to expand the portfolio of Bird Group across diverse business verticals.

Mrs. Bhatia completed her schooling from Sophia Girls School and has a Master’s Degree in Psychology from Allahabad University. She began her professional journey as a teacher as she was passionate about training and imparting career oriented skills to youth, who she continues to mentor and guide with an astute vision to give wings to their dreams.

She is the force behind Bird Academy, her dream project and the education arm of Bird Group, an IATA and DGCA approved travel, hospitality & aviation institute which was founded in the year 1998. Since its inception the institute has trained thousands of young professionals who are successfully employed in India and overseas in the burgeoning travel, tourism, aviation and hospitality industries.

In the last 52 years of her exemplary career, she has held many significant positions across industry associations and fraternities of global repute. Mrs. Bhatia is a Founder Member of the World Travel & Tourism Council India Initiative and is the former Chairman of the Council. She is the Vice Chairperson of Export Software Council and is also profoundly associated with various industry associations such as CII, EBG, ASSOCHAM, FICCI, PHD, IACC, FIEO, Indo- American and Indo-German Chamber of Commerce. She was also the Founder and Chairperson of the CII-IWN (Indian Women Network), Delhi Chapter.

Mrs Radha Bhatia was selected by the Government of Solomon Islands to represent their country in India and is the first Indian woman to hold a prestigious, diplomatic position as Honorary Consul of Solomon Islands.

She is the Founder and President of Women In Aviation India, a non-profit organisation dedicated to the encouragement and advancement of women in the field of aviation. Since 2015, she has inspired thousands of girls across the length and breadth of the country inspiring them to make aviation their preferred choice of career. Late Prime Minister, Shri. Atal Bihari Vajpayee conferred the prestigious award, ‘The Outstanding Woman Entrepreneur of the Year’ on her, which she was later awarded for nine consecutive years.

A woman of myriad interests, Mrs. Bhatia, in addition to being a loving mother and wife, is also a doting grandmother to her grandchildren. Her weekends are immersed in music, art, painting, playing the sitar and cooking. She is constantly evolving even today, learning new skills especially in the field of technology and is at the helm of dynamically changing trends in the industry around her. She authored a widely popular book ʻLassis of India – Smoothies With a Twist which is not only a repertoire of mindfully curated recipes, but a grandmother’s labour of love, an attempt to weave together stories, wisdom and recipes across five generations, starting from her own grandmother, reaching out to her grandchildren.