Telangana Govt to establish Aviation Academy
Hyderabad, March 19 (INN): The Government of Telangana has enterered into a MoU with Aero Campus Aquitaine of Bordeaux Metropole of France. In association with this French company it plans to set up an academy to train people in MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul) and develop local aviation and aerospace talent.
The Mou was signed on Saturday at the India Aviation Show 2016 in the presence of Industries Minister Jupally Krishna Rao between Industries Principal Secretary Arvind Kumar and Jerome Verschave of Aero Campus Aquitaine and Anna Raimat of Bordequx Metropole.
"Our aim is to train at least 1000 students per annum in Aerospace and related areas. We want this Aero Campus to give maximum preference to Telangana students. These courses will be of various durations from few weeks to one year. We will take 300 students in the first batch to begin with. And subsequently this number will go up to 1500 to 2000," informed Jupally Krishna Rao.
The academy will come up at Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad. "We got location commitment from authorities. Now we will initiate and work to get necessary DGCA and government clearances. It will be India's first such training academy in aerospace industry. We would like to focus on MRO Technology Training," informed Arvind Kumar. "We will also provide accommodation to rural students. These courses will have residential facilities. All these are paid courses. The lower courses will be subsided by the government," he added.
This academy is coming up according to the needs of the Aviation industry, Arvind Kumar said. Speaking further he added that startups in this sector will also be encouraged. He also informed that the Aerospace Draft Policy is ready.
Aero Campus Aquitaine has presence in Turkey, Malaysia and many other countries and they are world leaders in their area.
The Aerocampus Aquitaine aims to offer comprehensive training for professional skills in defence and aerospace industry with EASA certification. Established with an investment of outlay of 26 million Euros, the centre in France is catering to the professional skill training for the pilots and technicians.
Aerocampus Aquitaine director Jerome Verschave said the aerospace industry will see a huge spurt in business over the next decade with creation of one million pilots and technicians.
News Posted: 19 March, 2016
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