Vijaypat Singhania

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Vijaypat Singhania
Residence	Mumbai
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Businessman
Known for	Setting a World Record for highest altitude gained travelling in a hot air balloon at the age of 67
Title	Sheriff of Mumbai
Term	1 year
Predecessor	Sadruddin Daya
Successor	Indu Shahani

Vijaypat Singhania is the chairman emeritus of the Raymond Group of clothing and textiles and a former Sheriff of Mumbai, from 19 December 2005 to 18 December 2006.

A keen aviator, Singhania holds the world record for highest altitude gained travelling in a hot air balloon, notably carried out at the age of 67.^[1] Singhania also holds a world record for his solo microlight flight from the UK to India in 1998. Singhania has flight experience of over 5,000 hours. In 1994, he won the gold medal in the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale air race covering a distance of 34,000 km spanning 24 days. To mark this occasion he was conferred the rank of Hon. Air Commodore of the Indian Air Force. In 2005, we has awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Aero Club, and in 2006, Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award by the Government of India.

In March 2007 he was nominated as Chairman of the Governing Council, IIM Ahmedabad succeeding N.R. Narayana Murthy

Preceded by Sadruddin Daya	Sheriff of Mumbai 2005-12-20 to 2006-12-19	Succeeded by Indu Shahani

References

↑ "Indian sets balloon flight record". BBC. 2005-11-26. p. 1. Retrieved 2009-03-06.

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Name	Singhania, Vijaypat
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Short description	chairman emeritus
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