Milan Zatakia

Concurrent with his Post Graduation from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Milan founded Dynamark Engineers in 1982 as a Marketing company dealing in Specialized Mobile Airconditioning Equipment for Heavy Earthmoving Machinery for Mines. Whilst the Agency and Services business considerably expanded in the early 90s to include Aviation & Aerospace products and Services, Milan simultaneously served on the Board of Directors of various family owned companies with wide spread manufacturing interests in Rotating Machines, Indigenization programmes for the Indian Ministry of Defence, Furnishing Fabrics and Automotive Parts. Dynamark Engineers was “Corporatised” at the turn of the Millennium (year 2000) and the marketing and services business was merged into a new entity Millennium Aero Dynamics Pvt. Ltd., who are now a dominant player serving the following key sectors in the Indian sub-continent and niche markets of the Middle East, South Asia, South East Asia and Latin America.

• Aviation & Aerospace

• Mining

• Marine & Shipbuilding

• Manufacturing & Heavy Engineering Millennium is a Trace Registered, ISO 9001-2008 certified organisation offering comprehensive end to end solutions packaged encompassing Manufacturing, Supply, Service and Product Life Cycle Support leading to the company becoming an efficient Project management entity offering EPC services too.

Millennium acquired a manufacturing entity C4 Fabricators Pvt. Ltd., in 2011 which operates as its wholly owned subsidiary providing heavy fabrication works at India’s major Warship production facilities at Mazgaon Docks Ltd., Mumbai, Hindustan Shipyard Ltd., Vishakpatnam and Cochin Shipyard Ltd., Kochi. Products fabricated include important aggregates of Submarine Hulls, Building Dock Gates, Gantry Cranes. The business activity of C4 Fabricators Pvt. Ltd. is being merged into Millennium Aero Dynamics Pvt. Ltd. in the Financial Year 2016-2017.

As Founder, Promoter, Chairman & CEO of Millennium Aero Dynamics Pvt. Ltd., Milan actively participates with the following Industry Associations:

• Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce Industry (FICCI)

• Society of Indian Aerospace Technologies & Industries (SIATI)

• Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) – Member Logistic Committee WR

• International Airport Equipment Manufacturers Association (IAEMA) - Member

• (ASA) Airport Services Association (Formerly IAHA) – Founder Member

• Infrastructure and Logistics Federation of India (ILFI)– Member Advisory Board

• US India Importers Council (USIIC) – Founder Director & Past Chairman (2012-2013) Milan has served in a honorary capacity on the Transport Air conditioning panel of the Bureau of Indian Standards and was invited on the Airbus empanelled ground support committee when project A3XX (now the Airbus A380) was on the drawing board in the 1990s. Since 1996, Milan actively contributes to various Aviation Industry publications published from Europe and the Americas which include: GSE Today / Ground Support Magazine / Airport Consulting / Plane Talk.

Milan was from 2003 to mid 2016 the Honorary National Vice President of the Air Passengers Association of India (APAI) for 13 years. APAI is a non–profit organization established in Chennai in 1990 that was largely responsible for the first wave of Civil Aviation reforms in India (entry of private airlines), as well as the second wave of reforms enabling private / public partnerships in the green field and brown field airport sectors in India. APAI is India’s only not for profit consumer organisation dedicated to the welfare of the air passenger.

Milan was appointed by the Government of India, Ministry of Civil Aviation, to the Civil Aviation Economic Advisory Council (CAEAC) as per Government Order No:F.No.AV.13011/ 06/2010 dt.9.12.2010. He is also a Permanent Member of the National Advisory Council of Aerodrome India and Inter Airport India.

On behalf of Millennium, Milan was felicitated by the Consulate General of the United States of America, Mumbai, India for special efforts and success in doing business with the United States of America. This Award was presented concurrent with President Obama’s maiden visit to India in October’ 2010.