The establishment of this Faculty Chair is expected to promote excellence and leadership in teaching, research and development, collaboration, and academic work in the field of developing new and emerging technologies, aerospace technologies in the areas of Aircraft Structural Integrity, Aircraft Health Monitoring, and other allied subjects in the fields of Aeronautics and Aviation. The Chair has been instituted by the generous donation of Air Headquarters, New Delhi, India



The IAF Chair Professor will co-ordinate the following activities:

• Facilitate development of training programs & training modules for capacity building of IAF personnel.
• Organization of an annual conference jointly by IAF and IITK provide platform in the areas of Aircraft Structural Integrity, Aircraft Health Monitoring and other allied subjects in the fields of Aeronautics and Aviation to provide platforms for new ideas, innovations, technologies , etc.
• Provide travel grant to Ph.D scholars of Aerospace Engineering Department of IITK working in the areas as mentioned above thereby giving opportunities to present high quality research papers for their conference and helping in their quest for excellence.
• The establishment of this Faculty Chair is expected to promote excellence and leadership in teaching, research and development at IITK in the areas of Aircraft Structural Integrity, Aircraft Health Monitoring and other allied subjects in the fields of Aeronautics and Aviation.
• Assist IAF in other matters such as participation and contribution of knowledge to seminars and conferences on the subject.