Friday, December 07, 2012

IAF & CII join hands to resettle retiring airmen

New Delhi: With an aim to equip the Airmen with the requisite skill sets for enabling them to seek sustainable and befitting career prospects in civil industry sector post retirement, Indian Air Force (IAF) in collaboration with CII has embarked on a project of setting up a Vocational Training Centre (VTC).
The project has been named “Happy Landings”. The project is one of the many HR initiatives undertaken by the IAF to ensure the well being of Air Warriors and address their professional and personal aspirations.
Towards this, a MoU has been inked under which the industry body will train Airmen due for retirement in the near future on skills and capabilities required by the industry. To begin with, three focus sectors including aviation, telecom & information technology and Defence Production, have been identified on the basis of existing skills, capabilities and strength of the airmen.
07/12/12 Financial Express
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