IIMB Hosts Conference On 'Future of Aviation And Aerospace'

The Office of Executive Education Programmes at IIM Bangalore, in partnership with Toulouse Business School, France, hosted the fifth edition of the International Conference on Future of Aviation and Aerospace (FOAA), today on the campus. Senior executives from aviation and aerospace industries across India participated in the conference.

The conference was inaugurated by Savyasachi Srinivas, Executive Director, Collins Aerospace. In his opening remarks, he said, “The Aerospace and Defense sector in India is one of the key sectors to have embraced the Government’s ‘Make in India’ vision. When Collins Aerospace set up shop in India 25 years ago, 100 per cent sourcing was from abroad. Now, over 70 per cent is sourced in India. There is a need for more private players to focus on R&D. The country also needs more PhD scholars to join the sector and work on innovation.”