Aviation India: Careers

Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited (PHHL) has today signed an MOU with Indian Navy for inducting Naval Pilots into PHHL. The MOU was signed in presence of Real Admiral S.M. Vadgonkar, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (AIR) and Shri R.K. Tyagi, CMD, PHHL by Commodore Ranveer Singh, of Indian Navy and Shri R.B. Kushwaha, Dy. General Manager of Pawan Hans.
Pursuant to the MOU, Indian Navy will provide suitable pilots who can be spared as per the qualifying requirements in order to meet in part the vacancies created in Pawan Hans due to fleet expansion plan. Such arrangement will promote mutual benefits to both the organisation. Indian Navy will be in better position to offer progression to their younger pilots against these vacancies and thus bring down age profile of their combat force. At the same time the Indian Navy pilots will get opportunity for growth and a longer, fruitful, second career up to 65 years of age. Similarly, PHHL will also be benefitted by augmenting their strength of qualified pilots.
Pawan Hans is now looking forward for a massive fleet expansion as well as to enter in to new areas of operations such as inter and intra city transportation besides setting up a start-of-the-art maintenance centre and also new heliports at Delhi, Mumbai and other viable areas. With the signing of MOU, both organisations will be tied up for a long fruitful relationship. PHHL will initially inducted at least 15-20 pilots from Indian Navy and thereafter about 10 pilots per year in subsequent year.
26/06/09 Press Information Bureau