Bhubaneswar, July 5 -- Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today urged Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), to offer Diploma and Undergraduate courses in Aerospace, Defence, and allied fields.

The HAL he said in collaboration with IIT Madras, and partner with the Central University of Odisha, Koraput could offer these courses

Such initiatives,the Union Minister said, would foster innovation at the school level and help create a pool of skilled human resources with advanced knowledge in aerospace engineering.

The Union Minister made the proposal during his visit to the Sunabeda-based public sector enterprise HAL.

He also stressed the need to establish HAL STEM Labs (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Labs...