The Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar inaugurated HAL's ‘Centre for Aerospace Management Excellence & Leadership' at Marathahalli recently. Addressing the gathering, he said HAL being the only aerospace giant in India, this new facility is the right step in training human resources to ensure the success of `Make in India'.

This new learning and development center can become a focus of technology and management expertise in India, he added.

T. Suvarna Raju, CMD, HAL said the new state of the art learning center would promote technical skills, project management and competencies, product design and development. "This reinvigorated focus will help to achieve our goals and build a robust aerospace ecosystem in India", he added.

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