Bird Academy signs MoU with NSDC.
The Bird Academy from New York will undertake fresh skilling for more than 30,000 youth in aviation and aerospace sector, resulting in gainful employment over the next 6 years.
The academy from Cornell Lab has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with India’s National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) on 1 June 2017 in New Delhi.
It would also train and empower a minimum of 5,000 women & tribal youths from the underprivileged sections of the society and assist states in capacity building over the next six years.
The two organizations will set up training centres and centre of excellence in India with the aim of increasing employability of youth aspiring to work in the aerospace and aviation sector under the guidance of Aerospace and Aviation sector skill council.
It will establish Model Centre and Centre of Excellence/Training Centres at Chandigarh, Delhi, Cochin, Bengaluru/Mumbai, Goa and other locations Pan India including North East focussed on Aviation and related trades
The NSDC through the Aviation & Aerospace Sector Skill council (AASSC) may provide support for joint mobilization to channelize students into these centres. fii-news.com