Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University

Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University

Former names	National Aviation University, India
Type	Public
Endowment	Rs. 200+ Crores
Location	Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, India

Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University (RGNAU) is an autonomous public central university located in the Fursatganj Airfield, Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh.^[1]^[2]

It is a specialized institution and comes directly under the Government of India. It will be financed primarily by Ministry of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Science and Technology, and collaboration with International Aerospace and Aviation organizations .^[3]^[4]

About

The RGNAU being a specialized agency institute will participate in formulation of Indian aerospace and aviation policies also including military/strategic discussions, defense/armed aerospace technology and Space program. ^[5]

It is on full-terms with IITs (i.e. Institute of National Importance) and at par with Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology by ISRO. ^[6]

It mainly aims to facilitate and promote aviation studies, training, research and extension work with focus on emerging areas of studies such as aviation management, aviation regulation and policy, aviation history, aviation science and engineering, aviation law, aviation safety and security, aviation medicine, search and rescue, transportation of dangerous goods, environmental studies and other related fields.^[7]^[8] The students will be internationally exposed in the course-study itself due to nature of the career.^[9]

Courses offered

As India's first aviation university, the university will commence training of aerospace/rocket engineers, aspiring pilots, Aircraft Maintenance Technicians/engineers and cabin/ground crew. All flying schools in India are expected to become affiliated and supervised by the university, which would thus acting as an apex for Aviation education. ^[10]

Integrated Aerospace Development Program

Some pioneer engineering institutes have collaborated for advancements in aviation and Aerospace engineering.^[11]

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur through an MOU has decided to be the mentor of the program.^[12]^[13]
The program is running in complete collaboration with Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi.
MNNIT Allahabad and Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad are providing academic assistance.
In future, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore is said to be in full-fledged resource (academic and managerial) collaboration with FGIET/ IET Raebareli.^[14]

The educational degree will mutually include the name and insignia of all the participating institutes thus making it internationally reputable and honorable.

Admissions

Admission process is very stringent, depends on several factors including aptitude, intellect, personality and prospects of the student. The selected students are from amongst a group having qualified at-least one of the required admission tests like JEE-Mains/Advanced, and even SATs. The students have been provided residential services in secondary campus of RGIPT at Ratapur, Raebareli. The educational program will require for transition in between college departments/campuses on an annual basis.

References

↑ "Central University, Uttar Pradesh". University Grants Commission (India). Retrieved 20 July 2016.
↑ "India's first aviation university to start in Rae Bareli". Binoy Prabhakar. The Economic Times. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
↑ "Central University, Uttar Pradesh". University Grants Commission (India). Retrieved 20 July 2016.
↑ "Govt relaxes norms for top job at IGRUA". The Indian Express. March 26, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-13.
↑ http://indiacode.nic.in/acts-in-pdf/262013.pdf
↑ http://www.indiacode.nic.in/rspaging.asp?tfnm=200925
↑ "Press Information Bureau". Retrieved 2015-07-20.
↑ "Lok Sabha paves way for aviation varsity in Rae Bareli". Pankaj Shah. The Times of India. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
↑ http://indiacode.nic.in/acts-in-pdf/262013.pdf
↑ "Aero varsity". The Economic Times. Bennet (TOI) Group. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 10, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
↑ http://www.iitk.ac.in/infocell/iitk/MOU_FGIT.pdf
↑ http://www.iitk.ac.in/infocell/iitk/newhtml/archivecnews.htm
↑ http://jnn9india.blogspot.in/2015/06/rocketing-institutes-of-india.html

Central universities of India
Central universities	Aligarh Muslim University Assam University Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Banaras Hindu University Central Agricultural University Dr. Hari Singh Gour University English and Foreign Languages University Indian Maritime University Indira Gandhi National Open University Indira Gandhi National Tribal University Jamia Millia Islamia Jawaharlal Nehru University Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya Manipur University Maulana Azad National Urdu University Mizoram University Nagaland University North Eastern Hill University Pondicherry University Rajiv Gandhi University Sikkim University Tezpur University Tripura University University of Allahabad University of Delhi University of Hyderabad Visva-Bharati University
New central universities^† (19)	Central University of South Bihar Central University of Gujarat Central University of Himachal Pradesh Central University of Haryana Central University of Jammu Central University of Jharkhand Central University of Karnataka Central University of Kashmir Central University of Kerala Central University of Orissa Central University of Punjab Central University of Rajasthan Central University of Tamil Nadu Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University Mahatma Gandhi Central University Nalanda University Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University South Asian University
^† Established or granted central university status in 2009 or afterwards.

Universities in Uttar Pradesh
Central	Aligarh Muslim University Banaras Hindu University University of Allahabad Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University
INIs	Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Raebareli Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology University of Allahabad
State	Allahabad State University Banda University of Agriculture and Technology Bundelkhand University Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology Chaudhary Charan Singh University Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University Dr. Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University Gautam Buddha University Harcourt Butler Technical University Jananayak Chandrashekhar University Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Urdu, Arabi~Farsi University King George's Medical University Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology M. J. P. Rohilkhand University Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology Siddharth University U.P. Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya Evam Go-Ansundhan Sansthan University of Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University
State Institute	Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences
Deemed	Bhatkhande Music Institute Central University for Tibetan Studies Dayalbagh Educational Institute Indian Veterinary Research Institute Jaypee Institute of Information Technology Santosh University Shobhit University
Private	Amity University Babu Banarasi Das University, Lucknow Galgotias University GLA University IFTM University Integral University Invertis University Mangalayatan University Mohammad Ali Jauhar University Monad University Rama University Sharda University Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University Shiv Nadar University Shri Venkateshwara University Swami Vivekanand Subharti University Teerthanker Mahaveer University Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University

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