Industry body to help Karnataka develop aviation sector skill sets

Bangalore: To strengthen Bangalore’s aviation competitiveness, Bangalore Chamber of Industry Commerce (BCIC) is planning to help Karnataka government in taking up vocational skill development programmes.
According to Mr Vinod Nowal, president, BCIC, “Since Bangalore has already taken a lead over other cities, we have initiated this to help sustain it, backed by adequate human resources and skill sets.”
To take it forward, BCIC has roped in the Society of Indian Aerospace Technologies (SIAT) to prepare detailed study on skill gap assessment and marketing potential to assist aviation ancillaries located in and around Bangalore.
BCIC is also being assisted by Athena Info Solutions, Chennai, in preparing background paper which has to be submitted to the central government for funding and to develop vocational skill development programs in aviation sector.
24/06/12 Business Line