M.Tech in Aviation from University of Pune

Updated on: Saturday, May 18, 2013

The University of Pune will introduce a two-year MTech (Aviation) course focused on training pilots, in collaboration with a top German civil aviation company, from academic year 2013-14.

"The first six months of the course will be at UoP's department of technology, while the remaining 18 months will be on-site training in Germany, following which the students will get a UoP degree," vice-chancellor Wasudeo N Gade told reporters on Friday.

"A formal memorandum of understanding related to the course will be signed in June between the UoP and the German firm Fashschule Feer Luftahrgeng Fuhres (FFLF)," he said and added that the company is one of the top ranked German aviation firms, next only to Lufthansa. Only engineering graduates will be eligible for the new course, with a proposed initial intake of 24 seats. "Only engineering graduates will be eligible for the new course for which we have proposed an initial intake of 24 seats.

"The course syllabus and related formalities have been cleared by the university's statutory bodies like the management and the academic councils. After the signing of MoU, the course start from the impending academic year," Gade said.

"We have also approached the director general of civil aviation, the country's aviation regulator, for recognition of the course for the purpose of issuance of pilot's license," he added.

According to UoP's director of board of university and college development V B Gaikwad, the new course will be offered on a credit-based system. "The credits accumulated for the 18 month on-site training in Germany will be transferred to the UoP to enable the award of a degree," he said.

Meanwhile, Gade, who completed a year in office on May 15, said that the university will continue to focus on promoting research activities, both on campus and at affiliated colleges, and will push the ambitious automation programme for the examination department. "We have sanctioned a Rs 10-crore project for the laying of a new underground fiber optic network on the university campus for better connectivity," he said.

He said that the university successfully carried out a pilot of introducing bar code system for education, management and postgraduate engineering faculty. "We will extend the system to other faculties from the coming academic year. This will ensure lesser human intervention and glitches in the exam process," he added. The university has also implemented online delivery of engineering question papers; the next priority will be to secure answer sheet scanning and online checking. "This way, problems like portions of answer sheets going unchecked by the paper assessor won't arise," Gade said.

M.Tech in Aviation from University of Pune

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