The Airports Authority of India (AAI), under the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India, has launched an ‘Aviation Career Guidance Program’ (ACGP) for Science stream students studying in Class 11 and 12 in higher secondary schools of the Northeast including Assam, to help them with future employment in the aviation sector.
In the first phase of this program, 1,754 selected Science stream students studying in Class 11 and 12 from the Northeast including Assam have been included. According to information, the Regional Headquarters of the North Eastern Region of AAI at Borjhar has successfully implemented the “Aviation Career Guidance Program” (ACGP) among 1,754 selected students of Class 11 and 12 from 28 schools across the Northeast including Assam.
In these virtual sessions organized by the Airports Authority of India under the direction of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India, students were provided direct information on careers as Commercial Pilot, Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME), Air Traffic Control Officer (ATCO) and Aviation Safety Officer. Officials and employees of the Regional Headquarters of the North Eastern Region of the Authority who participated in this program also interacted with the students in an interactive and question-answer session.
The program was started on 7th October covering 332 students from 7 schools. In the subsequent phase, besides Guwahati, it was extended to 21 different schools in cities like Hajo, North Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh, Agartala, Imphal and Dimapur and till 6th November, a total of 1,754 students were covered.
It may be mentioned that the program held under the initiative of Regional Executive Director of the North Eastern Region of the Authority, Manoj Kumar Sharma Bordoloi, was coordinated by Madhulika Mani Das, General Manager, Human Resources Branch and Tayabulla Ali, Director. A few officers of the Authority also served as guest faculty in the program.
In this regard, Regional Executive Director Manoj Kumar Sharma Bordoloi expressed hope that the students participating in this program will become interested in prestigious careers in the aviation industry in their future life and will take up the aviation sector as a career.