Biography

Does Rahul Bhatia smoke ?: Not Known.Does Rahul Bhatia drink alcohol?: Not Known.His father had a small airline representation firm, Delhi Express with 9 partners.He initially wanted to do PhD and become a teacher.As a student at the University of Waterloo, Rahul worked with IBM for 2 years. He was involved in a project to establish a fully automated screen manufacturing plant.He has also worked for United Airlines in the Information Technology Department. It was here, he met Rakesh Gangwal (Co-Founder of IndiGo) in the airlines head-office in Chicago. Raul Bhatia with his aviation partner Rakesh Gangwal.While he was in Canada, his fathers travel agency fell into trouble.He then came back to India and started his own company InterGlobe Enterprises, dealing with air transport management, in 1989. InterGlobes Logo.Rahul then ventured into many businesses prominently in the hospitality and travel sectors.In 2001, United Airlines was the biggest client of his company InterGlobe. After 9/11, United Airlines stopped flights to India over security concerns. This was a big blow to his company as there was a lot of investment riding on the United Airlines Operations. He didnt let go of a single employee even in that difficult circumstance.