As a part of proactive programmes to connect with the youth, the IAF is conducting a Student Interaction Drive, christened as ‘Guardians of the Sky’, from Sep 16 to October 5.
In this connection, IAF officers will meet students of Indore on Saturday at PACl campus OPP Veterinary College, Mhow road at 9.30 am.
The Drive is aimed to closely interact with students in seven cities across Central and Western India so as to create awareness about the IAF in general and career opportunities in the officers’ cadre in particular.
The team of selected young IAF officers which was flagged off by Air Marshal PR Sharma AVSM, Air Officer in charge Personnel, from Air Force Station New Delhi on September 16 this month, would cover six cities - Gwalior, Indore, Nasik, Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad, before concluding at Nagpur on October 5next month after covering over 3000 kms.
En-route, ‘Guardians of the Sky’ would meet young men and women at nine premier educational institutes in these cities, including the IITs at Mumbai, Hyderabad and Indore. At each location, a multidisciplinary group of IAF officers would be on hand to interact with the students, to provide details on career opportunities in the IAF and to answer queries.
The drive would provide a great opportunity for students to experience glimpses of the adventurous life that IAF offers and of avenues available as an IAF officer. For the IAF, this novel effort is a way of reaching out to the youth by offering opportunities in aero sports at their doorstep; to make them more ‘air minded’ and aware of the uniqueness of ‘Brand IAF’.