MBDA To Set Up Indian Scholarship Programme in France

MBDA, the ISAE-SUPAERO Foundation and the Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace (ISAE) have signed a sponsorship agreement setting up an Indian scholarship programme in France.

Between 2014 and 2017, this programme will contribute towards the financing of 24 students and young aeronautical professionals from India, enabling them to undertake Masters studies at ISAE.

MBDA is eager to develop direct cooperation with India’s aeronautical and defence industry. As a result, MBDA is keen to support the training of Indian engineers in this field, notably via advanced studies offered by ISAE in France.

MBDA would like to support the international popularity of ISAE, especially in the context of its links with India, by establishing a Programme designed to finance the studies of Indian students and young professionals at Masters or Specialised Masters level at ISAE.

This Programme will, as of the 2014 academic year, offer advantageous scholarships to 24 Indian students (eight students over three successive study programmes) thereby advancing their education in the aeronautics field. These scholarships will cover course fees as well as contributing to the living expenses of the students involved.

Olivier Zarrouati, President of the ISAE-SUPAERO Foundation and CEO of Zodiac Aerospace: “I am very pleased by the signing of the agreement establishing this new Programme which paves the way for a new model in the relationship that ISAE would like to develop with the aerospace industry. After the creation of a Chair heading Innovation Management in 2011 and of another, set up this year, in the aircraft design field, the Foundation is now supporting the Institute as it strives to strengthen its links with India. This aligns perfectly with the Foundation’s new development dynamic to benefit the ISAE".

Olivier Fourure, General Director of ISAE: “Since 2007, the development of ISAE Masters courses given in English has resulted in the Institute having a very high visibility amongst Indian universities and students of aeronautics and space. The “MBDA Programme of Excellence for India at ISAE” will allow MBDA to benefit, as a major European partner of the Institute, from this reputation and at the same time help to attract some of the brightest of Indian students to ISAE”.

Antoine Bouvier, CEO of MBDA: “The development of strategic partnerships with certain major countries forms a key element of MBDA’s development strategy. Supporting the education in France of foreign students at the highest technical and technological levels will contribute very effectively to the implementation of this strategy aimed at firmly establishing MBDA in major countries like India who are keen to develop industrial centres of excellence with us”.