Airbus backs startups in aerospace field

Bangalore: If you are confident that your ideas will fly, then June 11 is the deadline to watch out for. Entrepr-eneurs and start-up businesses can expect wide-ranging support in the form of a six-month acceleration programme from an Airbus BizLab nearest to you. The European Airbus started off Bizlabs as part of the company-wide effort to enhance its innovation process. Those interested can simply log on to their website and submit their project proposals. This will be followed by pitching sessions on the July 1 and 2. The selected candidates will have access to a large number of Airbus coaches, experts and mentors in various domains, a dedicated mentor, access to prototyping and test facilities for six months.


Right now, BizLabs are being integrated in Toulouse (France) before moving on to Hamburg (Germany) and Bengaluru. With its global CEO Fabrice Bregier saying that Bengaluru maybe a hub of some helpful business ideas, the opening of BizLabs in about 12 months has been received happily from industry watchers. But one person shows no surprise. Devesh Agarwal - of the Bangalore Aviation blog fame - says that although this is wonderful news, it is no surprise that the city has been chosen for such an initiative. "Bengaluru has always been home of Indian aviation in India, right from the time the HAL was started here by Walachand Hirachand in 1940," he says.
Read news in full 04/06/15 Jayanthi Madhukar/Bangalore Mirror