New Delhi: The first-ever national aviation university in the country named after Rajiv Gandhi to train pilots, cabin crew and aircraft engineers would come up at Sonia Gandhi's constituency of Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh.
The Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University Bill, 2013 was introduced Tuesday in Lok Sabha on the 69th birth anniversary of the former PM, who was earlier a pilot in Indian Airlines.
The Bill, introduced by Minister of State for Civil Aviation K C Venugopal, provides for creation of this central university on a 26 acre plot of land at the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Udaan Academy at Fursatganj in Rae Bareli.
