Aeronautical Engineers complete training

At an impressive Passing Out parade held at the Naval Institute of Aeronautical Technology (NIAT) at Naval Base today, fourteen officers, including two from the Indian Coast Guard passed out on successful completion of Aeronautical Specialisation course spanning over 52 weeks. The parade was reviewed by Rear Admiral K Ravikiran, Admiral Superintendent, Naval Ship Repair Yard Kochi. Lt Cdr Ankush Kumar Singh was awarded Director General Coast Guard trophy for Best All Rounder of the passing out course. The HAL trophy for first in the order of merit amongst Air Engineer Officers was awarded to Lt KV Kannan. Lt Sanchit Arya was adjudged first in the order of merit amongst the Air Electrical Officers. Venduruthy trophy for the best Air Technical Project was awarded to the syndicate of Lt Manish Kumar Panwar and Lt Sushil Yadav.

 The officers would now proceed to various frontline squadrons of the Navy  and Coast Guard for on job training prior to joining the Fleet Air Arm. On completion they would earn M.Tech degree in Aeronautical Engineering under the aegis of Cochin University of Science and Technology. Commodore Deepak Bansal, Director of NIAT said that the present course underwent a revamped curriculum with inclusion of subjects like Computational Fluid Dynamics, Wind Tunnel Testing, Aero Engine Performance Evaluation, Aircraft Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics, keeping with the requirements of 4th/5th generation aircraft. Student officers benefitted from guest lectures by eminent specialists from aero cluster labs of the DRDO, Captains of Industry, faculty of IITs and IISc which provided them an insight into current aviation technologies of platforms like the P-8I, AJT Hawk and Mig-29K. Over the years NIAT has grown to become the largest training establishment in the three services in terms of the number of courses being conducted annually and the only Armed Forces Institute to award M.Tech degree in Aeronautical Engineering.