IIT Madras Pravartak, French Univ to launch Airbus supported Aviation Safety Management course

Chennai, Oct 24 (Representative) IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation is partnering with French University L’Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile (ENAC) to offer Airbus supported a first-of-its-kind two year course in Indian Civil Aviation industry on ‘Aviation Safety Management’. The course aims to enhancing the safety education in the region and is designed to support the rapid development of aviation safety in India. This course targets professionals working in the air transport industry and is designed to train Safety Managers and experts to lead, assess, improve and promote Safety Performance in various organizations in the Air Transport System. Air Transport is a complex and rapidly changing macro-system. Safety is supported by a set of regulatory requirements, already implemented for many years but in constant evolution. Beyond regulations and technical developments, it is necessary to engage all actors at all levels of organizations so that they can contribute positively to Safety.

Safety Management remains a major challenge and requires adapted skills, including soft skills communication, leadership and assertiveness, a release from IIT-Madras said on Thursday. The First Batch, which will have a maximum of 30 seats, will commence in January 2025. The last date to register is December 15, 2024. Welcoming this collaboration between IITM and ENAC in a critical sector, Prof. V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, said, “We are delighted to work with ENAC – a 70+ years organization focused on airline safety management and its related process. IIT Madras and ENAC have the same agenda of imparting education and skill and to help the community in general and the country as a whole.” “Our relationship will touch every passenger flying in and out of India and we are delighted to be part of such an initiative. There is a need for a consistent way of education and skill as the volume of travel increases frequently and associated challenges to the safety of the industry. We strongly believe that our workforces leverage this program and equip themselves to help travellers”. he said.

The principle characteristics of the program include; a Two-Year program with One week per Two months in-person program during the First year and one week per month during the 2nd year in-person program; Faculty will be traveling from France to conduct the courses all throughout the program; includes a six-month project or Dissertation and working professionals in the Aviation industry, Senior and Mid-level managers in state authorities run aviation operators. Parvartak CEO Dr. M.J. Shankar Raman said, Civil Aviation is one of the fastest growing industries in the last two decades. Digitization has shrunk the world bringing in huge benefits for the travel industry. The Airline industry’s exponential growth comes with its own set of challenges. It is highly regulated and requires standards and consistency of rules/regulations along with robust and clean processes to assure safety to millions of passengers worldwide. This course provided by ENAC and IITM Pravartak targets working professionals from the industry on safety management and has been exclusively brought to the Indian market. It will ensure all our travel is spot-free. There are numerous business units that work seamlessly with each other in the airline industry to give the best experiences to travellers. This course caters to all those business units with specific learnings, targets and goals to achieve, he said.