National aviation university on the cards

Mumbai: A national aviation university to remedy the dearth of skilled human resource in the aviation sector, a civil aviation authority to make the country’s aviation regulator independent administratively and financially, an independent air accident investigation bureau, an ombudsman to handle passenger concerns, a task force for aviation security, and restructuring of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security to handle security concerns better. These are the top projects that the civil aviation ministry has embarked upon as India expects to see passenger traffic of 30 crore by 2020.
In short, the government is going for a near-complete overhaul of the existing system to equip itself for the future.
The government has begun working on all these proposals; there are no deadlines though, said minister for civil aviation Vayalar Ravi in a press briefing held on Monday. “A committee of experts has been set up to make the project report for the national aviation university. The civil aviation ministry has approved the formation of an independent civil aviation authority and it is under examination by the law ministry,” said civil aviation secretary, Dr Nasim Zaidi. elaborating on some of the plans.
The press meet was held at the end of day one of the week-long International Civil Aviation Negotiation Conference (ICAN 2011). ICAN, (organized this year by the ministry of civil aviation)
18/10/11 Times of India