Proactive interaction needed between organisations and skilled talent, says ISRO former Chairman

BENGALURU: Former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman A S Kiran Kumar said that India needs to augment proactive interaction between organisations and skilled talent to support the aerospace ecosystem’s effort to cater to the global market.

He was speaking at the 10th anniversary of Aerospace Forum of Society of Automotive Engineers India (SAEINDIA) hostel by Atria University in Bengaluru. “India has been able to demonstrate a superlative capacity of building launch vehicles, instruments, and satellites as well as bringing services to the space technology for the benefit of society. Keeping up with the growing requirements of the aerospace industry, the available talent pool must be leveraged,” he said.

Boeing Engineering and Technology Centre, India Managing Director Bala K Bharadvaj who is also the President of SAEINDIA stressed on the need to bridge the gap between academic skills and industry requirements. “Universities must strengthen students’ knowledge with solid background on fundamentals and adequate exposure to current industry practices. The students too must be willing to put extra effort and learn what is relevant about the organization they will be working for,” Bharadvaj said.