Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Annual general meeting of the Aeronautical Society of India (AeSI

The need to restructure the research and development department and improve the design and development department of public sector undertakings in aeronautics was stressed by experts here on Saturday.


Addressing the annual general meeting of the Aeronautical Society of India (AeSI), Roddam Narasimha, chairman of the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, said: “We have to restructure the aeronautical profession and enterprise at the earliest.”


Noting that the stage was set for the purchase of civil aircraft worth $100 billion, he said public sector units were unable to retain talented workers. “Whatever talent we have is migrating to other countries. More attention needs to be paid to aeronautics,” he said.


Comparing aeronautics to automobile industry, Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy, former Air Chief Marshall and Chief of Air Staff, said the sector needed better marketing strategies and user-driven products.


On the future of military aircraft development in India, Mr. Krishnaswamy said the country’s aviation was witnessing an unprecedented growth. But, the civil and military aviation needs were met through import. And this was due to stagnation in the research and development and design and development of aeronautics.


Though Indian companies had the ability to design, develop and produce world-class aircraft and helicopters profitably, they just remained as centres for making components and spare parts.



source : The hindu

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