Aviation India: Careers

Pailan Aviation Institute is a promising institute in Siliguri that offers a robust career option for those who wish to fly high, says Swaati Chaudhury
If you’re interested to shape your career as an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer, then look forward to join Pailan Aviation Institute (PAI) that has emerged as the largest aviation-training institute in the Eastern region of India. This training institute came up sometime in August 2005, and
from July 2006, it started a three-year combined course in Aircraft Maintenance Engineering in Rotary Wing Aircraft (Helicopter) and Jet Engine, which has been approved by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Government of India.
Candidates have to appear in a written test and interview and are selected on the basis of their merit. There are state-of-the-art teaching facilities; highly qualified faculty, updated hangar, computer laboratory, machine shop, modern workshop and a library spruced up with books, periodicals and aviation magazines.
Placements are offered in public sector airlines like Air India, Indian Airlines, Alliance Air, Pawan Hans and Coal India while private airlines include Jet Airways, Sahara Airlines, Air Deccan, Kingfisher Airlines, Spice Jet and Air Emirates.
For those who wish to dart across the globe, the institute has designed one-year diploma course in Airline Hospitality Management for the
aspiring Airhostess, Cabin Crew, Ground Staff, hospitality, and travel & tourism professionals.
Apurba Saha, Founder and Chairman, Pailan Group, said, “We are mulling options to launch the diploma course in Srinagar sometime in August, 2007. Our institute has its presence in offering diploma course in places like Agartala and Siliguri.Very soon, we will spread our wings in Jamshedpur, Durgapur and also in Dhaka.”
27/07/07 The Statesman