Top-notch aerospace colleges to help Bangalore become an aviation hub

After emerging as India’s answer to US’s Silicon Valley, Bangalore could well be the answer to France’s Toulouse—well known for its aerospace industry. The IT capital of India will soon be giving wings to the dreams of our youth to make it big in aerospace engineering.
The state government has given a go ahead for setting up two top notch aerospace engineering colleges at the Aerospace Park being developed near Devanahalli. “We have allotted 15 acres of land for PES group and another 10 acres to JSS group of educational institutions to start engineering colleges at the Aerospace Park. The main focus of the colleges would be to produce aerospace engineers of high calibre to meet the needs of aerospace industries which desire to set up their units here,” principal secretary of department of Industries and Commerce told DNA.
This is in addition to the proposal to set up an exclusive Aerospace University in Bangalore. A delegation from Wolver Hampton University in UK had held discussions with state representatives and also representatives of a few educational institutions in this regard during the recent Aero India show. However, considering the legal hurdles over the entry of foreign universities, the state government is keen to set the ball rolling by clearing the proposals for setting up aerospace engineering colleges.
17/02/11 Hemanth Kumar/Daily News & Analysis