Over 400 management and design trainees – selected through stringent procedures amid lakhs of applicants – have formally been inducted in the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) as officers at a convocation programme held on June 21, 2014. Some of them have graduated from NITs, IITs and other premier engineering and management institutes.

Dr R.K. Tyagi, Chairman HAL, urged them to start contributing their mite in the company’s progress. “This is a defining moment for the country and you have all the opportunity to make your presence felt in India’s defence preparedness”, he said. Dr Tyagi called upon them to translate their individual talent into meaningful achievements by being a part of large HAL family.

The trainees belong to 41st batch of HAL and are posted to Korwa, Lucknow, Kanpur, Koraput, Nasik, Hyderabad, Barrackpore and Bengaluru. A comprehensive one-year training programme included industry orientation and management programmes. Eminent speakers from institutions and industries interacted with them. The training also included experimental learning through various activities such as group projects, theatre work, visits to charitable institutions and art classes.