New Delhi, Jan 25 (KNN) Minister of Civil Aviation, P Ashok Gajapathi Raju has called upon all stakeholders in the civil aviation sector to urgently address the problem of shortage of skilled manpower.
 
Inaugurating a workshop on Skill Gap Analysis and Roadmap for Skill Development in the Civil Aviation Sector here today, he said that there is a tremendous mismatch between the kind of skills available in the sector today and the kind of skills required.
 
He called upon stakeholders to come together to work out ways for skill development, taking into consideration the requirements and employment opportunities available in all segments of the civil aviation sector including MRO and cargo, both within and outside the country, as per an official release.

The Ministry of Civil Aviation has hired ICRA Management Consultancy Services Limited (IMaCS) to undertake a comprehensive skill gap analysis of the civil aviation sector and to formulate a future road map for skill development in the sector.  IMaCS has now submitted a draft Report.

The objective of today’s workshop was to discuss the recommendations of the draft report with all stakeholders before a final report is prepared.
Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Rajiv Nayan Choubey, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Rohit Nandan, CMD, Aerospace and Aviation Sector Skill Council, T S Raju, senior officials of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and industry representatives attended the workshop.

Also speaking on the occasion, Secretary Civil Aviation called upon leaders of various sub sections of the sector to come up with suggestions and give their views on IMaCS’ s draft report so that the future road map for skill development can be finalised.

On the other hand, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship said that our skill training should be of international standards and should be able to take care of growth prospects of the people being trained so that they are employable even outside the country.

The draft report prepared by IMaCS has identified possible skill requirements across aviation segments like Airport, Airline, MRO, Cargo and Ground Handling.

It has recommended building a robust training and skill building ecosystem through institutional strengthening, infrastructure and capacity planning, training process reengineering, strengthening funding mechanism and monitoring and evaluation.

It has recommended, among other things, the setting up of a National Civil Aviation Training Authority and Cargo and Ground Handling Sector Skill Council.  (KNN Bureau)