Aerospace giants Pratt & Whitney, Boeing extend India outreach

New Delhi, February 13

Aerospace giants Boeing and Pratt & Whitney, in separate announcements, have extended their respective outreach in India.

Boeing announced seven winners of Boeing University Innovation Leadership Development (BUILD) for Indian students and start-ups. Each of these seven teams has received Rs 10 lakh as a financial grant, and its ideas covered solutions for community development and defence and space industries.

The programme is for the start-up platform, nurturing young entrepreneurial minds of the country with the right skills and support to scale up operations, develop cutting-edge technologies.

The winners will be further supported by Boeing and their respective incubator partners for over a few months to help develop their ideas into market-ready and viable business solutions.

The seven winning teams are Abyom SpaceTech and Defence Pvt Ltd and Green Aero Propulsion Pvt Ltd from Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FIIT), IIT-Delhi; Glovatrix Pvt Ltd from Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE), IIT-Mumbai; dVerse Technologies Pvt Ltd from IIT Madras Incubation Cell; Backyard Creators Pvt Ltd, BONV Technology Pvt Ltd and Coratia Technologies Pvt Ltd from Technology Business Incubator (TBI), KIIT-Bhubaneswar.

Meanwhile, Pratt & Whitney announced the establishment of its new India digital capability centre (IDCC) in Bengaluru. The centre will accelerate innovation and drive digital and business transformation for Pratt & Whitney worldwide.

The facility will be co-located with Pratt & Whitney’s engineering and supply chain operations centres.

The expansion aims to leverage India’s aviation and technology talent and accelerate our digital transformation, a statement said.

Pratt & Whitney is expected grow to over 300 employees by 2027. The centre will be focused on delivering multiple digital technology capabilities across various priority areas of Pratt & Whitney’s digital transformation.

Ashmita Sethi, president and country head, Pratt & Whitney, India, said: “With $40 million already invested in engineering and supply chain operations centres in the past two years, Pratt & Whitney continues to grow its presence and contribution to India’s aerospace ecosystem with this additional multi-million-dollar investment in the IDCC.”

Focus on innovation, digital transformation

• Boeing has announced seven winners of Boeing University Innovation Leadership Development who will receive Rs 10L grant and help to scale up operations
• Pratt & Whitney will establish new India digital capability centre in Bengaluru to accelerate innovation and drive its digital and business transformation worldwide