Hyderabad, NFAPost: GMR Hyderabad Aerotropolis Limited (GHAL), the developers of a unique urban ecosystem at Hyderabad Airport City, is ramping up its Edu Port to create a world-class educational cluster attracting pedagogy and research institutions at a dedicated space spread out over 100 acres of land parcel.
The Edu Port has been envisioned to be a knowledge hub with leading global and Indian institutes converging here and creating flexible learning pathways for students of all ages and background.
As a centre of learning, training, research and innovation, Edu Port at the GMR Hyderabad Airport City hosts the Schulich School of Business, Chinmaya Vidyalaya, GMR Aviation Academy, Flight Simulation Technique Centre (FSTC), CFM South Asia Training Center and Pratt & Whitney India Training Center.
As a major boost to the Edu Port’s vision, GMR Hyderabad Aerotropolis Limited (GHAL) has partnered with Hyderabad-based Saint Mary’s Educational Society to build Sancta Maria International School.
This collaboration envisages the development of Sancta Maria International School, a second K12 (Kindergarten to 12th Grade) venture in Hyderabad city.
Coming up on a 15-acre of serviced land at Hyderabad Airport City, this residential academic facility is slated to be unveiled by 2022. Sancta Maria International School envisions to provide the highest standards of education offering a great learning opportunity in a safe environment to unlock the hidden potential of students.
GMR Airports Business Chairman GBS Raju said the company welcomes this opportunity and feel elated about the collaboration with the St Mary’s Educational Society to set up an educational institute in the GMR Hyderabad Airport City, Edu Port.
“Envisioning to contribute towards transforming India, making it a global knowledge superpower, we are striving to co-create an environment for learning and academic excellence in a completely integrated and self-sustained connected urban ecosystem of the Airport City. This unique development is also set to propel Brand Hyderabad on a global scale and contribute tremendously towards the journey of Telangana State to being an innovation hub and a knowledge powerhouse,” GMR Airports Business Chairman GBS Raju.
In India, GMR is harnessing the potential of Airport City concept and is leveraging its unique location and ecosystem at Hyderabad to develop India’s largest Airport City.
The development of a future city in the form of GMR’s Hyderabad Airport City would address the infrastructural challenges of large city development in India and catapult the city development to the next level. This unique development is all set to drive the growth of Brand Hyderabad on a Global scale.
Offering the best in class infrastructural support for the prospective and existing businesses, some of the key benefits at GMR Hyderabad Airport City include a Notified Area Committee (NAC) as a one-stop clearance window for all building plan approvals along with redundancies built in Telecom, Power & IT infrastructure for 24/7 operations, a dedicated power link-up with the state grid for reliable power supply, round the clock security, express connectivity with the city and pollution-free and well-planned ecosystem.
