Question: To develop professional aviation and aerospace education programmes and research for the benefit of the Indian civil aviation industry a MoU was recently signed between National Aviation University (NAU) and
(a) Bird Worldwide Flight Services (India) Private Limited.
(b) University Grant commission
(c) NCERT
(d) Academic Staff College
Answer- (a)
Related facts:
- On June 1, 2017, the National Aviation University (NAU) signed a MoU with the Bird Worldwide Flight Services (India) Private Limited to develop professional aviation and aerospace education programmes and research for the benefit of the Indian civil aviation industry.
- On the same day the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and the Bird Education Society for Travel & Tourism also signed an MoU.
- This MoU aims at training, skilling and empowering more than 30,000 unemployed youth across various states, including North-East states, over the next six years.
- Focus of these skill development programmes would be on quality of skilling which is aligned to the National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF).
- Establishment of Centers of Excellence in different parts of the country in cooperation with NSDC and the Aerospace & Aviation Sector Skill Council (AASSC) is also proposed.
- It is important that Ministry of Civil Aviation is encouraging industry participation in skills development in order to ensure employability of the persons being skilled on the one hand and sustainability of skill development programmes on the other.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=164402
https://aviationspaceindia.com/news/national-aviation-university-signs-mou-bird-group-training-aviation-and-aerospace-sector
http://www.ndtv.com/jobs/national-aviation-university-bird-worldwide-flight-services-india-sign-mou-for-training-in-aviation-1708128