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Subject: List of Institutions where D.G.C.A. approved Aircraft Maintenance Engineering courses are offered
Date: 3-Jan-2003
Question: Dear Sir/Madam,
I want to pursue a course in Aircraft Maintenance Engineering from an D.G.C.A. approved Institution. Kindly provide me the list of such approved Institutions in India where Aircraft Maintenance Engineering courses are offered and their prospects. Is there any such institution in Bangalore/Karnataka? Thank you.
Answer:
  • Eligibility : Class 12th pass or an equivalent examination with Physics, Chemistry and Maths.
  • Age : 17 years to 25 years
  • Certification : After the 2nd year of the 4 year AME course, a candidate is eligible to appear for Paper I and Paper II of the license exam, conducted by DGCA, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Govt. of India. Paper III can be taken after three years and Paper IV after the fourth year. Students who do not qualify in the AME examination are absorbed generally as Aircraft Technicians in the Aviation Industry.
  • Your Future Prospects: Most engineers are employed by Airlines and Airline Manufacturing Companies. Some also work for other companies who do work for airlines on a contract basis. Others work for Air-Taxi operators and flying clubs.
  • Your Institutes Aircraft Maintenance Engineers
    1. Indian INstitute of Aeronautics (IIA)
      Address : Buddha Colony, Patna (Bihar)(Apart from Patna there are 15 such Institutes in the four metropolitan cities...Calcutta, Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai, offering the Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Course AME)
    2. Hindustan Institute of Engineering Technology
      Address : G.S.T. Road, P.B. No.1306, St. Thomas Mount, Chennai - 600016 (Tamilnadu)
    3. Hindustan Academy of Engineering & Applied Sciences
      Address : 61, Cambridge Road, P.B. No. 806, Ulsoor, Bangalore - 560008 (Karnataka)
      Course: Aircraft Maintenance Engineering
      Duration: 3 to 4 years Aeronautical Engineers
      Eligibility : Class 12th pass under the 10+2 examination with Physics, Chemistry and Maths

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