Indian Railways’ Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya (GSV) Vadodara and Airbus on Thursday signed an MoU (memorandum of understanding) for placement of 15000 students with Airbus.
The signatories were Rémi Maillard (President and Managing Director, AIRBUS India and South Asia) and Manoj Choudhary (Vice-Chancellor, Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya).
The venue for the signing of MoU was Rail Bhawan in New Delhi. It was signed in the presence of Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways, Communications, Electronics and IT and GSV’s first Chancellor.
Speaking on the occasion, Ashwini Vaishnaw said, “GSV will focus on intense industry- academia partnerships. All its courses will be designed in collaboration with industry. The students who study at GSV will be industry ready. They will be highly sought after for employment in transportation and logistics sectors. Today’s MoU with Airbus is a significant step in achieving this goal.”
The MoU is likely to create job opportunities for students as per industry requirements.
Jaya Varma Sinha, Chairperson and CEO, Railway Board and senior officials of the Railway Board were present at the event.
Founded by an Act of Parliament in 2022 as a Central University, GSV’s mandate is to create best in class manpower for the entire transportation and logistics sectors.
GSV is sponsored by the Railway Ministry and aims to fulfil the mandate of the National Developmental Plans across the spectrum of the logistics sector- railways, shipping, ports, highways , roads, waterways and aviation.
Speaking at the event, Rémi Maillard, President and Managing Director, Airbus India and South Asia, said, “As a company that is committed to developing the aerospace ecosystem in India, we realise our responsibility to invest in human capital development. The partnership with Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya will develop a strong pipeline of skilled workforce in the country that will be future ready to serve its fast-growing aerospace sector.”
This industry-academic partnership will enable co-development and co-delivery of sector- relevant skilling courses and programs for regular students and working professionals, joint research and industry experiences for faculty, internships and placements for students and scholarship programs.
