The third edition of BAOA’s BizAvIndia Conference and Awards was held at the Leela Palace in Bengaluru on the eve of Aero India 2017. The evening of the conference unfolded the awards ceremony in presence of the Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha. It was the very first time that a Minister was present throughout the evening encouraging the business aviation fraternity and he personally handed over the awards to the winners at the glittering ceremony. The business aviation glitterati enjoyed the evening receiving the awards and applauding their industry colleagues amidst a beautiful musical presentation.

The Minister gave away the awards encouraging the efforts put together by the award recipients. The awards are going strong every year with inclusion of more and new categories, encouraging the sector. SP Guide Publications group was felicitated by a ‘Special Contribution Award’ for its relentless contributions towards the growth and promotion of India’s business and general aviation sector.

The award was received by the Chairman and Managing Director of SP Guide Publications, Jayant Baranwal, from the Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha. Humbled by the honour bestowed, Jayant Baranwal shared the group’s passion towards the cause and upliftment of business and general aviation. President of BAOA Jayant Nadkarni acknowledged SP Guide Publications for its efforts in taking up the cause of the business aviation/general aviation segments and also thanked the organisation for bringing out its quarterly magazine, BizAvIndia, which highlights issues, talks about trends and connects the global business aviation community.