Take flight with a solid career option in aviation

Have you ever wondered how and why can ingenuity of thousands of humans come together to ensure that a plane weighing around 4 lakh kg stays in the air and take you around the world in hours?

Have you ever wondered how and why can ingenuity of thousands of humans come together to ensure that a plane weighing around 4 lakh kg stays in the air and take you around the world in hours? If yes, then the $16-billion (`96,000-crore) aviation industry, according to a FICCI-KPMG report, could well be a career of choice for you with courses ranging from a BE (Aeronautical) for the technically-minded to the softer courses in etiquettes and hospitality for cabin crew jobs being the new-age rages.

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In the region, for a technical job, there are two possible ways to enter the industry. For maintenance, you can enrol in an diploma and get certified to maintain and repair a particular aircraft.

JOBS AFTER A BE DEGREE

Training pilots and other staf f in maintenance of aircraft.

Getting to work in research and development firms to improve the design of the plane.

You can be employed as a ground-handling engineer whose job it is to ensure that the aircraft is in top shape alwaysThe focus of the four-year BE degree is on studying the design of planes and learn to improve it, at least theoretically.