Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) will sponsor students at Masters Level in technology and development programmes at Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas (CTARA) in IIT Bombay from 2014-15, with an aim to boost supply of specialised technical professionals in the development sector as a part of HAL's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Initiatives called 'HAL CSR.'
"Much of the demands of our society require engineering services and solutions. We believe that we can overcome some of these challenges through technologists trained in both, engineering and applied social science skills. Hence we decided to launch this new initiative", says RK Tyagi, Chairman, HAL.
HAL's support will be in the form of five fellowships for M Tech students at CTARA. These students will undertake relevant research in their second year. The Fellow will bring new innovations, practices and research to key programmes and activities, necessary to serve needs of a vast majority of Indian population, that is at the lower strata of the society.
HAL, being a responsible corporate, recognises the need to contribute to society and has taken several steps in this direction. All the divisions of HAL have taken up significant CSR activities in the adjoining remote areas, and have been conducting several medical camps, sanitation drives, infrastructure build-ups and supports various educational institutions.
Earlier this year, HAL established a chair at IIT Bombay and the company is also a founding member of the National Centre for Aerospace Innovation and Research (NCAIR) at IIT Bombay. These initiatives stand testimony to HAL's commitment towards a vibrant industry-academia collaboration.
HAL has also established chairs for technology development at IIT Kanpur, Roorkee & Kharagpur. A chair has also been established at the National Law School of India University (NLSUI), Bangalore, to reinforce best practices in contract management in the company.
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