The focus brought on malnutrition by the National Nutrition Mission effort is likely to build momentum towards the more rapid reduction of malnutrition in India, a paper published in the latest edition of The Lancet has said. 

“It is encouraging that India has set ambitious targets to reduce malnutrition through NNM. The trends up to 2017 indicate that substantially higher rates of improvement will be needed for all malnutrition indicators in most states to achieve the Indian 2022 and the global 2030 targets,’’ says the paper “The burden of child and maternal malnutrition and trends in its indicators in the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2017.’’

Malnutrition was the predominant risk factor for death in children younger than 5 years of age in every state of India in 2017, accounting for 68·2%  of the total under- deaths, and the leading risk factor for health loss for all ages, responsible for 17·3% of the total disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). The malnutrition DALY rate was much higher in the low socio-demographic index (SDI) than in the middle SDI and high SDI state groups. This rate varied 6·8 times between the states in 2017 and was highest in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, and Rajasthan.

The prevalence of low birth weight in India in 2017 was 21·4%, child stunting 39·3%, child wasting 15·7%, child underweight 32·7%, anaemia in children 59·7%, anaemia in women 15–49 years of age 54·4%, exclusive breastfeeding 53·3%, and child overweight 11·5%. 

If the trends estimated up to 2017 for the indicators in the NNM 2022 continue in India, there would be 8·9% excess prevalence for low birthweight, 9·6% for stunting, 4·8% for underweight, 11·7% for anaemia in children, and 13·8% for anaemia in women relative to the 2022 targets. For the additional indicators in the WHO and UNICEF 2030 targets, the trends up to 2017 would lead to 10·4% excess prevalence for wasting, 14·5% excess prevalence for overweight, and 10·7% less exclusive breastfeeding in 2030. The prevalence of malnutrition indicators, their rates of improvement, and the gaps between projected prevalence and targets vary substantially between the states.

The research was funded by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Indian Council of Medical Research, Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.

Low birthweight, the largest contributor to the malnutrition DALYs in India, had a prevalence of 21% in 2017, which showed a modest declining trend. Within child growth failure, the highest  contribution to DALYs was from wasting, the prevalence of which declined only moderately in India during 2010–17. The prevalence of stunting and underweight has been decreasing, however, the prevalence has remained very high in India at 39% and 33%, respectively, in 2017. The prevalence of anaemia has been extremely high in India at 60% in children and 54% in women in 2017, with only moderate decline during 2010–17. However, the prevalence of child overweight has increased considerably in India in the past decade, with a prevalence of 12% in 2017. The prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding was 53% in India in 2017, with a moderate increase during 2010–17, the paper says. 

Substantial state-level variations exist in the prevalence for each of the malnutrition indicators. The findings in this report indicate that, if the trends up to 2017 continue, the NNM 2022 and the WHO and UNICEF 2030 targets will not be achieved in most states of India, except for low birthweight and stunting in a few states and exclusive breastfeeding in several, The Lancet says. 

Because low birthweight was the largest contributor to child malnutrition DALYs in India, its slow decline should be addressed as a priority. South Asia, with India as its largest component, is estimated to have the highest prevalence of low birthweight for any region in the world. A major issue with tracking low birthweight is the poor quality of birthweight data in many low-income and middle-income countries, including India. Low birthweight adversely affects not only child health but also increases the risk of chronic diseases later in life.

Weight at birth is an intergenerational issue dependent on an interplay of various factors, including maternal undernutrition, intrauterine growth, gestation at birth, birth spacing and order, and maternal age. The higher proportion of underweight women in the reproductive age group in India compared with sub-Saharan Africa has been suggested to contribute to a higher prevalence of low birthweight in India, even though sub-Saharan Africa is poorer. Chronic energy deficiency in women of reproductive age is a manifestation of long-standing malnutrition reported to be common in India, which increases the risk of preterm births and infants with low birthweight. Improving the nutritional status of girls in general and that of women in the preconception period and during pregnancy and provision of quality antenatal care, including the treatment of pregnancy complications, would positively affect low birthweight and extend the benefits to the next generation.

Substantial improvements across the malnutrition indicators in the states of India would require an integrated nutrition policy to effectively address the broader determinants of undernutrition across the life cycle. These improvements include providing clean drinking water, reducing rates of open defecation, improving women’s status, enhancing agricultural productivity and food security, promoting nutrition-sensitive agriculture, coupled with the harmonisation of efforts across ministries and sectors, political will and good governance, and strategic investments in a multisectoral approach, the report points out. 

According to the paper, of the 1·04 million under-5 deaths in India in 2017, 706 000 or 68·2%, could be attributed to malnutrition. Although all causes under-5 death rate in India decreased from 2336 per 100 000 in 1990 to 801 per 100 000 in 2017, the proportion of under-5 deaths attributable to malnutrition changed only modestly from 70·4% in 1990 to 68·2% in 2017. Similarly, the DALY rate attributable to malnutrition in children younger than 5 years reduced by 65·8% from 147 956 per 100 000 in 1990 to 50 627 in 2017, but the proportion of total DALYs in children younger than 5 years attributable to malnutrition changed only slightly from 70·1% in 1990 to 67·1% in 2017, making it the predominant risk factor for health loss. 

Central India is the new hotspot for antimicrobial resistance (AMR), according to a new study published in Science. The report also finds that the risk of antibiotic resistance in food animals raised in low- and middle-income countries has nearly tripled in less than a decade. The study is the first of its kind to map rates of antibiotic resistance—rather than use—in food animals in low- and middle-income countries, where this kind of monitoring is nascent.

The study, led by the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP), has serious implications not only for animal and human health but also for global food agriculture and the supply of meat in low- and middle-income countries, where demand is growing.

Regions affected by the highest levels of AMR should take immediate actions to preserve the efficacy of antimicrobials that are essential in human medicine, by restricting their use in animal production, the study recommends. In some middle-income countries, in particular, in South America, surveillance must be scaled up to match low-income African countries that are currently outperforming them despite more limited resources. In regions where resistance is starting to emerge, there may be a window of opportunity to limit the rise of resistance, by encouraging a transition to sustainable animal farming practices.

The largest hotspots of AMR in animals were in Asia, which is home to 56% of the world’s pigs and 54% of the chickens. In Asia, targeted interventions such as legislative action and subsidies to improve farm hygiene could reduce the need for antimicrobials in animal production, thereby preserving important drugs for human medicine, and the treatment of sick animals. It identified hotspots for the emergence of AMR including central India and Kenya, where resistance to multiple drugs has appeared but not yet reached 50%. In these regions, meat consumption is still low, and animal production is gradually intensifying. Here, there may be a window of opportunity to contain AMR by imposing strict hygiene standards in newly built farms. This approach could reduce the risk of spread of resistant pathogens such as mcr-1-carrying E. coli that have emerged in regions where intensive meat production has been facilitated by enormous quantities of veterinary antimicrobials. 

In Africa, resistance maps reveal the absence of major AMR hotspots, except for the Johannesburg metropolitan area. This suggests –based on the regions surveyed– that Africa probably bears proportionately less of the current global burden of AMR than high- and upper-middle-income countries. Policymakers coordinating an international response to AMR might therefore spare Africa from the most aggressive measures, which may undermine livestock-based economic development, and rightfully be perceived as unfair. 

In the Americas, where the number of surveys was limited, the observed low AMR levels could reflect either good farming practices (low antimicrobial use) or the absence of surveys conducted in areas most affected by AMR. Considering that Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil are net meat exporters, it is of concern that little epidemiological surveillance of AMR is publicly available for these countries. Many low-income African countries have more point prevalence surveys per capita than middle-income countries in South America. Globally, the number of surveys per capita was not correlated with GDP per capita, suggesting that surveillance capacities are not solely driven by financial resources.

Antimicrobial consumption in animals is three-fold that of humans, and has enabled large-scale animal protein production. The consequences for the development of antimicrobial resistance has received comparatively less attention than in humans. The study analyzed 901-point prevalence surveys of pathogens in developing countries to map resistance in animals. China and India represented the largest hotspots of resistance with new hotspots emerging in Brazil, and Kenya. From 2000 to 2018, the proportion of antimicrobials showing resistance above 50% increased from 0.15 to 0.41 in chickens, and from 0.13 to 0.34 in pigs. Escalating resistance in animals is anticipated to have important consequences for animal health, and eventually for human health, it says.

The study `Global Trends in Antimicrobial Resistance in Animals in Low- and Middle-Income Countries’ was conducted by Institute for Environmental Decisions, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy, New Delhi, India; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, NJ, USA;  Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton University, NJ, USA; Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium; and Institute for Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. 

The analysis focused on resistance in E. coli, Campylobacter spp., non-typhoidal Salmonella and S. aureus. The number of published surveys on resistance to those pathogens in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs) increased from three in 2000 to 121 in 2018 and peaked at 156 per year in 2017. However, the number of surveys conducted during that period was uneven across regions: surveys from Asia exceeded the total for Africa and the Americas. The number of surveys per country was not correlated with gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. 

In LMICs, from 2000 to 2018, the proportion of antimicrobial compounds with resistance higher than 50% (P50) increased from 0.15 to 0.41 in chickens, from 0.13 to 0.34 in pigs, and plateaued between 0.12 to 0.23 in cattle. Those trends were inferred from average yearly increase in P50, (1.5%/year for chickens, and 1.3%/year for pigs), weighted by the number of studies published each year. 

In LMICs, resistance levels showed considerable geographic variations. Regional hotspots (P50 > 0.4) of multidrug resistance were predicted in south and northeast India, northeast China, north Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, the south coast of Brazil, the Nile River delta, the Red River delta in Vietnam and the areas surrounding Mexico City and Johannesburg. Low P50 values were predicted in the rest of Africa, Mongolia and western China. Based on maps of animal densities, we estimate that across LMICs, 9% of cattle, 18% of pigs and 21% of chickens were raised in hotspots of AMR in 2013. For chickens, the percentage of birds raised in hotspots of resistance in each country exceeded global average in China (38%), Egypt (38%) and Turkey (72% ). We also identified regions where AMR is starting to emerge by subtracting P50 from P10 (the proportion of antimicrobial compounds with resistance higher than 10%). In Kenya, Morocco, Uruguay, southern and eastern Brazil, central India, Iran, Chile, and southern China, the difference between P10 and P50 was high (>0.5), indicating that those regions are emerging AMR hotspots. Conversely, established hotspots of AMR, where the difference between P10 and P50 was low (<0.1) included north-eastern China, West Bengal and Turkey, the study says. 

The highest resistance rates were observed in the most commonly used classes of antimicrobials in animal production: tetracyclines, sulfonamides and penicillins. Among antimicrobials considered critical to human medicine, the highest resistance rates were for ciprofloxacin and erythromycin (20–60%) and moderate rates for third and fourth generation cephalosporins (10–40%). Other critically important antimicrobials, such as linezolid and gentamicin, were associated with lower resistance rates (< 20%). AMR trends in LMICs were in agreement with the trends reported in Europe and the United States for tetracyclines, sulfonamides, and third and fourth generation cephalosporins, but differences also exist for quinolones and aminoglycosides.

Musicians are gems, all the music lovers they know exactly what Music meant to them, it’s not less than a meditation which gives them a sigh of relief and works as a stress buster. The renowned music producer KARBeats is one of the admirable artists of Puerto Rico.

KARBeats is a successful music producer from Puerto Rico. Having a keen interest in music she started producing it at a very young age of 15. Later, he got to know more about his artistic skills and scope so he got discovered by several talented people, and decided to continue his career as a Producer. Later on, he took that leap of faith by signing a covenant with a brand called FlowMusic with Dj Nelson. KARBeats prolonged for 3 years in the company but soon after that, he got the prodigious opportunity to work with @Rimas. He has worked with many renowned artists by producing beats for them few of them are Lunay,Lary Over , Brytiago,Nío Garcia , Eladio ,Carrión,Darell ,Anonimus ,Kevvo and Casper, etc.

Gaurav Parikh (Richboyz), the Co-Founder of Bombay Adda, R-Adda and the Director of Richboyz Entertainment Private Limited. Established in 2006, Richboyz Entertainment has tirelessly worked towards making Richboyz, India’s leading event management & celebrity management company & continue to do the same till date. Known for its excellent credentials the company has gradually made its mark in the hospitality business that today it is known as the“Pioneer Of the Event Management Company”. 

Over the years Gaurav has assured a cumulative expansion of Gaurav’s operations across the country by establishing 5 restaurants across 3 cities. Its umbrella of brands includes Bombay Adda and R Adda. Starting out as an outsider to the hospitality industry, today Gaurav is highly respected and well-known in the restaurant business in India. He is known for his uncanny ability to provide unusual and novel experiences in all his ventures.

Richboyz Entertainment started their showcase with India pioneer Clubs like Poison , Enigma , Hype , Kitty Su , Playboy etc with innumerable droves of Corporate Events in the mainstream lineup for Companies. Richboyz Entertainment are partners with  R-Adda, Bombay Adda, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Goa which are the pioneers hub across the globe & the most successful outlets in the current nightlife & dine out . They scheme to open their next segment of Bombay adda in Jaipur, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkatta, Pune & Dubai . 

In a very short period of time, properties under Richboyz Entertainment Pvt. Ltd have become Mumbai’s favorite with unparalleled star power to give the party goers a never-before experience.

Richboyz Entertainment Pvt. Ltd boasts of a list of elite clientele comprising of Sohail Khan, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Sushant Singh Rajput , Ayushmann Khurrana, Baba Siddique John Abraham, Jacqueline Fernandez, Sonu Sood  , Manish Paul, Maniesh Paul, Siddharth Roy Kapoor, Taapsee Pannu, Ekta Kapoor,  Govinda, Sharman Joshi , Kartik Aaryan, Badshah, Emraan Hashmi , Rahul Vaidya, Mika Singh, Ravi Dubey , Karan Wahi, Arjun Bijlani, Karan Patel, Karan Tacker, Raai Laxmi, Ankita Lokhande, Karishma Tanna, Sunny Leone, Zayed khan, Gurmeet Choudhary Devoleena Bhattacharjee, Nandish Singh Sandhu, Tia Bajpai, Rashami Desai, Jimmy Shergill, Upen Patel, Dwayne Bravo, Neha Dhupia & many more 

Gaurav Parikh , Ketul Parikh , Anuj Chugh & Vicky Chugh, Directors of Richboyz Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. says “We approach every project with meticulous attention to detail and obsessive precision. Regardless of size and scope, we treat every event like a business with clear strategic goals, defined milestones, and a comprehensive plan to ensure that your event is delivered on time and on budget. We put our client’s first. We learn about their business, we focus on their challenges, and their strategies to support their goals”

Today’s era is digital. Everything you want can be accessible on the digital space and the power of social media has no limits. It has made many people overnight sensations. Through social media, people can now showcase their talents and it takes no time for the content to go viral on the internet. Apps like Instagram have become very significant for influencers and creative minds which have given them immense popularity. One such name who is making waves is Vishal Jain.

He is a young dynamic internet personality, a motivational speaker and a travel influencer. After working in the corporate field, he decided to build his own empire. With making effective use of social media, Vishal thought to live a life of his own by inspiring others with his work in the digital media. Having a background of digital marketing, he knows the best about social media like what kind of posts would work and what kind of posts would increase engagement in the digital domain.

The influencers’ work has been appreciated by numerous people and he has been getting a lot of collaboration offers to create inspirational content for the audiences. Today this young guy is earning money in millions and he seems to have no stopping.

While sharing his views on being relevant on the internet, Vishal Jain said, “One must always be true and genuine to their audience. The best way to be a social media influencer is to know what kind of content the audience expects. My success mantra has always been to be original rather than following someone. If you create something unique by your own and if the content hits the audience in the right way, then nobody can stop it from becoming havoc on the internet.”

This world is a big show, we either fall or we grow. For all those growing, they need to balance a lot, especially when one is trying to create a change at their own expense. There is one common question among all when we see someone making spending their fortune on the society- “What does he want?” The growing selfishness among people makes them follow a policy of Giving and Take. It is really hard to accept and to find one, who gets pleasure just in giving. Well, Mr. Vihang Sarnaik is one such giver of society who has a clear vision towards the betterment of it. He is among the youngest leaders and philanthropist, who by his knowledge of architect is trying to provide varied social and infrastructures projects a proper shape. At just the age of 30, he has achieved so much that it might take hours to listen to them all.

Following his father’s philosophies and ideologies Vihang, an architect by profession has come up with great ideas. He has been a start for varied social initiatives like Sarovaram (aiming to save the lakes in city), Plastic-free Maharashtra (with help of masses, he has been a leading hand in taking forward the idea), etc. He has also become a voice for all those unheard by making infrastructural changes like land allocations for crematorium, Ghodbunder Road Skywalk, creation of theme parks for preserving the city’s heritage (covering all historically important places), libraries (in Vartak Nagar for all those students who want to excel and give their dreams a flight), creation of schools for all those mid-income segment students (taking a start from 2020, with further projects of setting up 3 more schools providing all the facilities without aiming for profit), modern sports stadium (supporting sports and aspiring lovers of same to come forward), a cricket club (with a plan to establish Thane as a major cricket club), etc. Not only this, but Mr Sarnaik has also played a role in providing help to all those aspiring sportspeople among which a few are representing the country at a National and International level. Being the youngest member of the Education committee, Vihang knows all the needs and demands which are being put forward to the government and is being ignored daily.

Mr. Vihang Sarnaik is best to be considered a voice of youth, who not only listens and considers their need but being a part of it feels the same. He has been leading his ideas and perspectives, all towards the attainment of goals. He is thankful to his father who allowed him to carry forward his legacy and be a part of such great change, where he is a Socialist leader, is creating changes not just in the environment but in lives.

The best part of this architect cum socialist leader is that he travels. He says, “one those who travel, have a keen eye towards every bit of what they see. This is what is cherished and this is what makes me what I am. I move ahead, I take a step, I walk slow and see the flow. I feel all that is out there so that after I return, I just don’t have memories, I have ideas. Ideas to create change and develop something world-class.”

Well, his ideologies, way of thinking, planning and executing the same with full force is not what we see around these days. But Vihang, he does it all so easily and comfortably that sometimes it is hard to ask “What exactly was that.?”

People like him are hard to find and for a place like Thane, his presence and his open eye is something which will bring them closer to success and change. A change which even the government couldn’t create even after so many years of Independence.

Darshansinh Jadeja is Rajkot based businessman and also heads multiple companies, he is also a renowned philanthropist and is often making headlines of local newspapers for his work like providing food for flood-affected areas in monsoon, providing of free education for economically poor families, he also sends a set number of yearly rations to poor families.

He owns multiple businesses namely Madhouse Mocha, a popular city-based multicuisine restaurant where often celebrities come for promotional activates, Madhouse has witnessed celebrities like Mohammad Shami, Chheteshwar Poojara, Jaydev Unadkat (Indian cricketers), and Bollywood actors like Freddy Daruwala, Kinjal Rajpariya, Malhar Thakkar etc..

His other firm Pavan Construction Company is into roads and buildings and is one of the leading govt. contractors in the city to have built the city’s major roads. He heard the Ready MIX Plant.

Other than businesses, Darshansinh is very much fond of his car collection, his fans and followers droll over the collection of automobiles he owns, his Instagram feed is full of cars and bikes he has owned. He is currently driving the ONLY YELLOW MUSTANG in the whole of Saurashtra region. He has previously owned sports like Nissan 350Z convertible (the only 350z in the Saurashtra region), BMW Z4 convertible (the only Z4 in Rajkot), All of his cars have expensive car registration plates, he is known for always having his lucky number 9 on his license plates, which are said to be auctioned at very costly prices, Other than automobiles he owns one of the best properties in the city like his famous Farmhouse and Himani Resorts which he owns.  

He is quite popular on all of his social media platforms like Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook and Tik-TOK. His Tik-Tok has a whooping 3,50,000 fans and 4 Million hearts, his Instagram fan family is over 75,000 followers.  

Well, some profile on Social media platforms we see is far more exciting than Actors and Actress, as they give all the spice with their Styling, machines, and lifestyle. In a way, they are a different kind of people who are popular due to their luxurious lifestyle. They can also be called as a so-called influencer of our time.

I was just browsing the internet and looking Indian’s who are passionate about cars and all. I came with one name called Akram Meeranmalik Abdul, a famous name from South India. Akram Meernmalik Abdul, better known as Akram Malik comes from Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. He is good looking Beared Guy, He and brother are famous for their cars love. It is like Beast machines in South India are at their home. 

People know their car’s love, Akram came into the limelight in 2017 when He purchased costliest Aventador S which at that becomes the most expensive Lamborghini ever sold in India. Akram beat top cars record Aventador SV Roadster which was Owned by K V Prasad, a businessman from Bangalore. Akram Malik is also owned many super beast machines in his garages such as Audi R8 and the Nissan GT-R.

Akram Meeranmalik Abdul and his brother also participate in car racing which happens in India. Akram Meeranmalik Abdul is a stylish man. He is no lesser than a hero of the South. He is living a lavish lifestyle like a king. Supercars are his passion. He loves speed and beast machines. 

Akram Meeranmalik Abdul is having a fantastic fan following on his Instagram. He has become a different influencer for young ones in the market — a bearded man who looks stylish in every wear. Akram also loves to travel around the places and meet people who are passionate like him. It gives him the energy and confidence to do more in life.

You might say when you are born in rich and renowned family life becomes easy, and you have just to enjoy every luxury of life. Well, for some its try and for some it comes as a responsibility to take the family to the next level.

As we were surfing on the internet looking for top influencers in India, we found one extraordinary young talent impressed us a lot with his profile and his real lifestyle. He comes from a reputed family of Tanwars in Delhi. He is dynamic a young personality Ajay Singh Tanwar. 

Ajay Singh Tanwar is Delhi’s youth Icon very helpful by nature and cool and calm personality. Ajay comes from a royal family who has a big name in India. But when you see him, you won’t feel like he comes from a wealthy and renowned family he is that much down to earth by nature. 

Ajay Singh Tanwar is a very sober and visionary person. He hates unnecessary showoff in life. Always busy in helping people, His way of living is a perfect example to young ones who belong to a family-like Ajay Singh.

Ajay Singh Tanwar believes life is once live it big with whole heart never be afraid of doing the right things in life. Ajay Singh loves to travel and learn new things in life. He loves to meet intelligent people as he feels communicating with different people teaches you many something in life. Ajay Singh even does lots of social work like his father Kanwar Singh Tanwar who is a parliament member. The good thing about Ajay Singh is that he never do things to take sympathy or for votes, as he doesn’t need such things in his life. He does because he wants to give people’s love back by doing some good things in life. 

Ajay Singh has handled many significant events in his short life and its and common thing for him now. Many young ones in India follow him faithfully as if like he is a superstar. We feel Ajay Singh Tanwar is giving the right message to society by doing good work for the people. He has quite a bright future as he has got popularity insignificant number in his tender age. It will be great to see how this lad grows in coming years. 

According to us his lifestyle and way he is growing in his life a perfect example how an influencer should be, for us Ajay Singh Tanwar is a real youth icon who has very bright future in India.

Captain Mark Smith, a seasoned Captain at Cathay Pacific Airways, is a passionate employee of the company who has moved ranks during his career. He has been with the airline for more than 20 years now and is a reliable asset for his company.

Born and brought up in Brisbane, Australia, he started his career as Australian Air Force Pilot. He had some unforgettable experiences there in terms of handling the flight comfortably even in the worst situations.

After serving there for 10 years and gathering all the required knowledge, he moved to the Civil Aviation industry. He had to do some research to find the best place for himself and soon he came across Cathay Pacific.

He underwent several interviews and finally chose to work with Cathay Pacific. Finally, in 1998, he moved to Hong Kong and started a new life as a co-pilot in the company. Very soon, with the experience and fast learning attitude, he became the most reliable pilot of the airline.

He served the airline as a pilot for over 10 years but even after his retirement as the pilot of the mainstream flights, he, due to his exceptional skill set, was retained to fly Cathay’s AirBus fleet. He stopped flying flights a couple of years back but Cathay Pacific still wasn’t ready to let him go.

He was enrolled as the Flying Training Manager where he grooms new pilots with all his experience. His hard work and dedication towards his craft have won him enormous respect among his colleagues.

“Apart from training these pilots, I am responsible for hiring them as well. This is a great responsibility as we can not afford to make any mistakes here. Hence, I have to conduct real rigorous tests before final onboarding a pilot. After hiring, we invest a lot of time and effort in them before finally giving them a go-ahead in the pilot’s seat,” said Smith.

Now, after becoming the flight training manager, Smith can choose when he wants to fly and he only flies once in a week or two. “Cathay Pacific doesn’t make you fly much during the initial days and keep you as a cruise pilot. Apart from this, the company even pays you to have food at various restaurants and visit the nearby places where the flight has to stay for a while,” he said, adding, “As I have become the training manager now, I am allowed to choose when I want to fly. So, I only fly once a week or two.”

The exceptional pilot’s favorite aircraft is 747 and A350 and even after so many years, he still loves to fly and enjoy the beauty of the endless sky.