Captain Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar Gopinath is an Indian entrepreneur, the founder of Air Deccan, a retired Captain of the Indian Army, an author, and a politician. In 2009, he contested as an independent candidate in Bangalore South constituency at the Lok Sabha elections but was defeated. In 2014, he unsuccessfully contested Lok Sabha election on the ticket of the Aam Aadmi Party. He has received many awards for his work with Air DeCCan, including the Rolex Laureate Award in 1996.
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Captain Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar Gopinath is an Indian entrepreneur, the founder of Air Deccan, a retired Captain of the Indian Army, an author, and a politician. He was knighted with \”Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur\” the civilian award conferred by the French Government in 2006. In 2009, he contested as an independent candidate in Bangalore South constituency at the Lok Sabha elections but was defeated. In 2014, he unsuccessfully contested Lok Sabha election on the ticket of the Aam Aadmi Party.
He has received many awards for his work with Air DeCCan, including the Rolex Laureate Award in 1996. He is also the owner of the airline’s charter helicopter service, Deccans Charters, which was wound up in July 2013 by the Karnataka High Court order based on petitions filed by Dubai-based United Aviation Services and another by Ms Patel Integrated Logistics Pvt. Ltd. The company was founded in 1995 by his friend K. J. Samuel, who was now a freelance pilot.
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