Chennai:
The foundation stone for world class research and development centre of Airport Authority of India will be laid on June 28 by Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha, according to regional executive director S Sreekumar.
Airports Authority of India (AAI) has embarked upon creation of world class Research & Development Center at Hyderabad to develop in-house research capabilities in the field of airport and air navigation services, he said.
Sreekumar said the Civil Aviation Research Organization will be established at Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad over an area of about 27 acres with a budget of approximately Rs.1200 crore spread over 12 years for Infrastructure development and Rs 31 Crores annually that will be spent towards research activities every year.
AAI has already joined hands with Indian Institute of Technology Madras, to take up collaborative research on Air Navigation Systems. This would support AAI in addressing aviation infrastructure and air traffic management challenges.
IIT Madras will provide transfer of knowledge /skill in the areas of Mathematical/Analytical/Artificial Intelligence/Data mining solutions that are essential to carry out research.
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