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
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