Partha Ghosh moves closer to cockpit as Air India adviser to the ceo

GURGAON: Partha Ghosh is changing seats but staying on the flight deck. The global head of communications at Air India Limited has moved into a new role as adviser to the ceo, reporting directly to Campbell Wilson, as the carrier presses ahead with one of aviation’s most closely watched turnarounds.

The shift follows a bruising yet formative 2 years and 9 months overseeing communications during Air India’s high-speed overhaul under Tata ownership. Ghosh credits a resilient team and frank stakeholder engagement for steadying the narrative through turbulence, from fleet orders to service revamps. He has handed the corporate communications baton to Senjam Raj Sekhar, wishing the team well for its “next chapter”.

Few advisers arrive with a newsroom spine. Ghosh brings three decades in media and corporate communications, including a long run at Samsung Electronics leading corporate communications and csr across India and Southwest Asia.

Before crossing to the corporate side, he cut his teeth in journalism at The Economic Times, where he served as senior editor, launched editions, built verticals and interviewed heavyweights including PM Narendra Modi and Pranab Mukherjee. Stints at Business Standard, Hindu Business Line, The Telegraph and India Today Group rounded out a career that mixed reporting grit with editorial leadership.

For Air India, the appointment signals a premium on strategy and judgement as much as messaging. For Ghosh, it is a return to what seasoned editors do best—advising the person in charge when the stakes are high and the clock is ticking.

The journey, as he puts it, continues. In aviation and reputation alike, altitude is never held for long; it is constantly won.