Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has sanctioned a financial assistance of Rs. 28,09,815 to Ajmeera Bobby, a tribal girl from Dandepally village of Adilabad district, for pursing commercial pilot licence training at Dean International Flying School at Tamiami in Florida, USA.
According to a press release issued by the CMO, Rs. 21,21,215 of the financial assistance would be utilised by the girl for tuition fee, Rs.3,75,600 for living expenses and Rs.3,13,000 for travel and other expenses. The Chief Minister considered her application on Tuesday as a special case to encourage tribal women as pilots. Ms. Bobby will be the first tribal girl from Telangana to become a full-fledged commercial pilot on completing her training. The girl thanked the Chief Minister for extending the financial assistance .
