6 girls among 20 graduates to join PG aviation course

Pune: Twenty young engineering graduates, including six girls, will join the maiden batch of the MTech (Aviation) course, which is a joint academic collaboration between the University of Pune (UoP) and Germany’s top pilot training and flight school, Fachschule Fur Luftfahrzeugfuhrer (FFL).
The students were handpicked from among 40 shortlisted candidates, who were interviewed on Thursday and Friday by a joint panel of the university and representatives of the Frankfurt-based FFL.
At a joint media briefing by university and FFL representatives following the interviews, UoP vice-chancellor Wasudeo N Gade declared that the entrance test for the MTech (Aviation) course will now be conducted twice a year for monsoon and winter semesters to secure a better turnaround of flight engineers.
On July 17, the university had announced that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the FFL to launch a first-of-its-kind two-year M Tech (Aviation) course. The first of the four semesters will be conducted at the varsity’s department of technology, while the remaining three semesters would involve onsite training at FFL facilities in Frankfurt, eventually earning the student a European flying licence by German aviation regulator LBA.
21/09/13 Vishwas Kothari/Times of India