Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya And DGCA Sign MoU To Revamp Aircraft Maintenance

02 Apr 2026 CW Team

The collaboration aims to revamp Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (AME) training by standardising education, enhancing quality benchmarks and making Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) careers more aspirational. Parties will jointly design a three-year Bachelor of Science (BSc) programme in Aviation Maintenance Engineering that integrates regulatory compliance and industry-relevant competencies. A pilot phase is planned for the academic year 2026–27 at selected AME institutions including GMR School of Aviation and Air India AME Academy.

The minister responsible for railways proposed the establishment of a Centre of Excellence for manufacturing technologies at GSV to support precision domains in aviation, railways and marine sectors and indicated that around 1,000 students could benefit each year with assured funding support. The civil aviation minister noted that the aviation sector has been growing at ten to twelve per cent annually and is expected to sustain strong growth for the next fifteen years, underlining the need for a workforce that meets global standards. He also linked recent airport expansion to the wider multimodal connectivity agenda.

GSV has active collaborations with global and national aerospace partners and is finalising further links to support curriculum development, faculty capacity building and research in areas such as Sustainable Aviation Fuels. The DGCA will continue to define licensing standards under CAR-66 and CAR-147 while GSV will act as a national academic anchor for curriculum innovation and industry-linked apprenticeship models. The framework seeks to embed hands-on MRO training and simulation-based learning to develop indigenous maintenance capabilities and a future-ready workforce.

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A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya (GSV), India’s university for the transportation and logistics sector, and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) at Rail Bhawan. The agreement was executed by Faiz Ahmed Kidwai of the DGCA and Professor Manoj Choudhary of GSV in the presence of Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Union Civil Aviation Minister K. Ram Mohan Naidu, with other senior officials attending. The partnership is intended to align regulatory, academic and industry priorities for aircraft maintenance. The collaboration aims to revamp Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (AME) training by standardising education, enhancing quality benchmarks and making Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) careers more aspirational. Parties will jointly design a three-year Bachelor of Science (BSc) programme in Aviation Maintenance Engineering that integrates regulatory compliance and industry-relevant competencies. A pilot phase is planned for the academic year 2026–27 at selected AME institutions including GMR School of Aviation and Air India AME Academy. The minister responsible for railways proposed the establishment of a Centre of Excellence for manufacturing technologies at GSV to support precision domains in aviation, railways and marine sectors and indicated that around 1,000 students could benefit each year with assured funding support. The civil aviation minister noted that the aviation sector has been growing at ten to twelve per cent annually and is expected to sustain strong growth for the next fifteen years, underlining the need for a workforce that meets global standards. He also linked recent airport expansion to the wider multimodal connectivity agenda. GSV has active collaborations with global and national aerospace partners and is finalising further links to support curriculum development, faculty capacity building and research in areas such as Sustainable Aviation Fuels. The DGCA will continue to define licensing standards under CAR-66 and CAR-147 while GSV will act as a national academic anchor for curriculum innovation and industry-linked apprenticeship models. The framework seeks to embed hands-on MRO training and simulation-based learning to develop indigenous maintenance capabilities and a future-ready workforce.

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