Ahmedabad, DeshGujarat

Gujarat Government has planned to establish a new Aviation Training Institute which will offer degree and diploma courses in various disciplines like air-hostess training, aeronautical engineering, ground staff training, aviation industry management courses etc.

The state Government has allocated Rs.2 crore initial fund to kick start the primary work for establishing the institute. The Institute is expected to come up around Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar. Government aims to start courses through the institute from the next academic session.

Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure Company Limited (GUJSAIL) which is the nodal agency for development of aviation and related infrastructure in the state has been assign the task of starting new aviation training institute. GUJSAIL is a public sector company set up by the Government of Gujarat (GoG) for building infrastructure and providing trained human resources for the fast growing civil aviation sector in Gujarat.

The state Government has also decided to provide Grant in Aid to the existing non profitable flying institutes and also new established Institutes in the state. The support would be in form of equipments and as well as engineering training to the institutes instead of giving financial assistance in form of money. After recession several private flying schools were finding difficulty in surviving so it may help them to sail through the difficult times.

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