Neelu Khatri is a founding leader of Akasa Air and a distnguished aviation professional with over 30 years of experience across the Indian Air Force, Honeywell Aerospace, KPMG, and commercial aviation.
She played a pivotal role in building Akasa Air from blueprint to execution, enabling one of the fastest airline scale-ups in global aviation history. Neelu is a sought-after speaker at global aviation, mobility, defence, leadership, and diversity forums.
MiA pioneer from the early batches of women officers in the Indian Air Force, Neelu has been a strong champion of increasing female participation in aviation. She is an avid influencer for Diversity professionals on how to break glass ceilings/maintain work-life balance. Neelu is an avid trekker, biker and loves to read.


