Edited by Deepali Verma
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be inaugurating the American aircraft manufacturer Boeing’s new global engineering and technology centre campus near Bengaluru on January 19, informed the official sources.
Constructed at a cost of ₹ 1,600 crore, the 43-acre state-of-the-art Boeing India Engineering and Technology Centre (BIETC) campus stands as the aviation giant’s largest such investment outside the US, they said.
The campus at HighTech Defence and Aerospace Park in Devanahalli located on the city outskirts will serve as a cornerstone for partnerships with the vibrant startups, private and government ecosystem in Bharat, and will help in the development of next-generation products and services for the global aerospace and defence industry, they said.
Further, the launch of the ‘Boeing Sukanya Programme’ that “aims to facilitate the entry of more girl children from across Bharat into the country’s growing aviation sector”, an official said.
“The programme acts as an opportunity for girls and women to learn critical skills in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) fields and train for jobs in the aviation sector,” the official said.
The programme deals with creating STEM labs at 150 planned locations to help spark interest in STEM careers among young girls. It also aims to provide scholarships to women who are training to be pilots, he said.
