Govt turns attention towards flying varsity

New Delhi: The huge success story of India’s B-schools & tech schools — the IITs & IIMs — is now set to be repeated in the aviation sector with the government turning its attention towards flying schools.
Considering that there’s a big boom in the aviation sector, it’s not really a surprise that the Prime Minister’s Office has primed the ministry of civil aviation to draft a policy document for setting up an ‘aviation university’ on the lines of international institutions.
Ministry sources say that the proposed university will be a registered autonomous body and its administration will be based on the lines of IITs and IIMs. The ministry is also forming a group of experts to examine the various models for setting up the university. The varsity will initially be located in Delhi and Mumbai which accounts for more than 50% of the air traffic.
The expert panel that will work on the university project, will have eight members, consisting of a vice-chancellor of a renowned university, officials of DGCA, HRD and the civil aviation ministry, and people from industry and aviation associations. The committee will first give shape to the objectives of setting up the aviation university and the broad areas and disciplines which will be covered by the curriculum such as ground handling and technical training for pilots and engineers.
16/09/07 Raja Awasthi/Economic Times