New Delhi: Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Academy (IGRUA) has formalized a management contract with the global aviation giant CAE. As per sources, Ministry of Civil Aviation has invested capital in modernizing and enhancing the ageing squadron and infrastructure of IGRUA. The collaboration envisages in bringing international standardized modern methodology of aviation training, thereby upgrading the quality of training imparted to pilots and making it an integral part of CAE Global Academy.
IGRUA has now increased its annual intake from 45 to 100 students, within a period of 2 years. The academy has reduced its training period from more than 24 months to 18 months, with an aim to further reduce it to 15 months without compromising its quality and standards. Further, with effect from January 5, 2010, the Ground Training Department of IGRUA has also become the first Ground Training School in India to be ISO 9001: 2008 certified. IGRUA is in the process of having its excellence in imparting flying training certified by the International Standards Organization and this is the first step in that direction.
Presently, IGRUA is an accepted centre of excellence and is India's largest fully integrated aviation training academy with the following facilities and infrastructure:
- Largest training fleet in India comprising 27 aircrafts. Of these, 11 are high performance modern avionics equipped single engine aircraft and 2 are turboprop C 90-A King Air aircraft. 14 DA - 40 aircraft with the state of the art Garmin 1000 Glass cockpits have also been operationalised in December 09. Two Diamond DA - 42 aircraft are in the pipeline further augmenting the multiengine fleet.
- An IGRUA owned airfield with modern navigational aids, three hangars, fully equipped engineering section, well equipped fire fighting section and dedicated refueling section.
- Four cockpit procedure trainers, two having Garmin 1000 Glass cockpit with a panoramic 180 degree projection. One, six axis motion, C- 90 simulator. One Hawker Sydney Glass cockpit generic trainer modeled for seven different types of aircraft from single engine to advance jet airliners.
- A mix of highly experienced flying and ground instructors, with years of instructional experience.
- An optimum student /instructor/aircraft ratio, maintained with the strictest adherence to safety on ground and in the air.
- A well equipped modern gym, and area for outdoor games.
- New hostel commissioned in 2009 increasing the capacity to accommodate 248 boys and 40 girls.
- A self contained residential campus for both students and employees spread over 167 acres of land.
