IGRUA inks pact with global aviation giant

New Delhi: The Ministry of Civil Aviation has invested capital in modernizing and augmenting the ageing fleet and infrastructure of Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Academy (IGRUA) and has formalized a management contract with the global aviation giant CAE to bring international standardized modern methodology of aviation training, thereby upgrading the quality of training imparted to pilots and making it an integral part of CAE Global Academy.
IGRUA has now increased its yearly intake from 45 to 100 students within a period of 2 years and has reduced its training period from more than 24 months to 18 months with an aim to further reduce it to 15 months without compromising its quality and standards.
With effect from January 5, 2010, the Ground Training Department of IGRUA has also become the first Ground Training School in India to be ISO 9001 : 2008 certified.
IGRUA is in the process of having its excellence in imparting flying training certified by the International Standards Organization and this is the first step in that direction.
Set up in 1985 as an autonomous body under the Ministry of Civil Aviation, IGRUA commenced operations in 1986 with the primary objective to meticulously train pilots for entry into the airlines.
The institute carries out Line Oriented Flying Training (LOFT) to contemporary international standards, mainly conducting courses for ab-initio undergraduate candidates to Commercial Pilot License (CPL) standards with Instrument Rating (IR) and Multi-engine Endorsement.
22/02/10 India Edunews.net