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19/01/24 06:33 AM IST

Boeing’s India Engineering and Technology Center

In News
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate aircraft manufacturing giant Boeing’s largest investment facility outside the USA in Bengaluru.
About BIETC
  • BIETC is Boeing’s new campus in India.
  • It “aims to be a cornerstone for partnership with the vibrant startup, private and government ecosystem in the country.”
  • The facility will look to develop next-generation products and services for the global aerospace and defence industry.
  • The Prime Minister will also launch the Boeing Sukanya Program, which aims to support the entry of more women from across India into the aviation sector.
Boeing Sukanya Program
  • The program will provide opportunities for girls and women to learn critical skills in STEM fields and train for jobs in the aviation sector.
  • For young girls, the program will create STEM Labs at 150 planned locations to help spark an interest in STEM careers.
  • The program will also provide scholarships to women training to be pilots.
  • BIETC is meant to be a 3,000+ diverse engineering workforce that contributes to global aerospace growth.
  • According to Boeing, its engineers are engaging in research and development, are involved in global markets, and are leveraging new-age technologies such as Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Industrial Internet of Things, Cloud, Model-Based Engineering, and Additive Manufacturing.
  • Boeing will also partner with the Indian armed forces to boost the aircraft demand in the defence sector and contribute to Aatmanirbhar Bharat.
Benefits
  • Boeing has announced 107 job openings in different cities in India, out of which 97 are in Bengaluru.
  • In Bengaluru, BIETC is set to hire talent across domains, including software engineers, billing analysts, structural analysis engineers, product review engineers, associate systems engineers, programme analysts, and digital electronics architects, among others.
  • Recently, Boeing India also invited applications for the Boeing University Innovation Leadership Development (BUILD) program for 2023-24 from university students and early-stage startups in India.
  • In its third edition now, the program encourages young entrepreneurial minds to incubate innovative ideas and create new market opportunities and global trends across industry verticals.
  • Further, the company also continues to partner with seven incubators, namely, Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship – IIT Mumbai, Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer – IIT Delhi, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center – IIT Gandhinagar, IIT Madras Incubation Cell, Society for Innovation and Development – IISC Bengaluru, T-Hub Hyderabad, and Technology Business Incubator – KIIT Bhubaneshwar, to organise BUILD in India.
Indian markets
  • Boeing has strengthened its supply chain with more than 300 local companies in India and a joint venture to manufacture fuselages for Apache helicopters and vertical fin structures for the 737 family of aircraft.
  • Its annual sourcing from India stands at approximately $1 billion. Boeing currently employs more than 6,000 people in India, and more than 13,000 people work with its supply chain partners.
Source- Indian Express

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