Bengaluru, Feb. 5 -- The GE Aerospace Foundation on Wednesday announced the expansion of its Next Engineers college readiness programme to Bengaluru, marking a significant step in encouraging young people to pursue careers in engineering.

The expansion aims to bolster India's engineering talent pipeline. With this initiative, the GE Aerospace Foundation, along with leadership and volunteers at its Bengaluru facility, will proceed with identifying an academic partner, to be announced by late 2025.

"GE Aerospace in India has supported new technologies for the industry, collaborating with academia for more than 25 years," said Alok Nanda, Chief Technology Officer at GE Aerospace's India Technology Centre. "The expansion of the Next Engineers...