Bengaluru, December 5:

For the General Management Programme for Aerospace and Aviation Executives (GMAE), both Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B) and Toulouse Business School (TBS) are planning to rope in Indian companies and create an eco system as it exists in Europe.

Yes we are looking for companies to partner here. Back in Europe, we have strong links with most of the companies involved in the sector: Airbus International (based in Toulouse), Airbus France, Airbus India, Boeing, ATR, Safran, CNES, Francois Bonvalet, Dean of Toulouse Business School told Business Line.

In France, it is very important long-term support of Airbus which is our strongest assets, he added.

GMAE programme offered by IIM-B and TBS is the first of its kind being offered by any business school in India.

In the first year, the program is dedicated to aerospace and aviation core management and the second year is dedicated to aerospace and aviation sub-sectors, management challenges and supervised projects.

This programme is a professional one, which means that it makes sense as the industry needs it. The industry requires leaders and managers, specially educated and trained, to help the sector develop, Bonvalet said.

A similar program is also being offered at Toulouse and TBS has study centres in Montreal (Canada) and Seattle (USA). Participants can decide whether to study in Bangalore or choose any combinations of these programs and take the unique opportunity to study either in Bangalore, Toulouse, Montreal or Seattle, Bonvalet pointed out.

(This article was published on December 8, 2014)

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Aviation course: IIM-B, French B-school to woo Indian firms