Aerospace university may come up in Bangalore

Bangalore: It is not just giving a big push to the ambitious aerospace industry in the state, the Aero India show is promising to do much more, for Bangalore, in particular. If all goes well, Bangalore will get Asia’s first aerospace university that could catapult the city into the league of global aerospace hubs.
The state government has set the ball rolling to set up a university exclusively for aerospace as part of its Aerospace Park project, in Devanahalli, near Bangalore International Airport. “We will face huge shortage of skilled human resources in realising the ambitious plans in aerospace sector. We do not have a holistic organisation to provide trained manpower for this high-tech industry,” state chief secretary SV Ranganath said at a conference with a delegation of US India Business Council (USIBC), chaired by chief minister BS Yeddyurappa.
Ranganth appealed to aerospace industry giants of the US to look into the issue and participate in a big way in setting up this university.
Director of industries and commerce department said, “We will hold discussions with major aerospace industries like Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Rolls Royce to seek their participation in establishing the university. Presently, only a few countries including the US, UK, Canada and Australia have aerospace universities. It is high time Bangalore gets Asia’s first aerospace university to emerge and join the big league.”
09/02/11 Hemanth Kumar/Daily News & Analysis