JAMMU: Directorate of Tourism Jammu, under the guidance of Additional Chief Secretary Dr. Ashish Chandra Verma has sponsored a group of 19 paragliding pilots to Himachal Pradesh for the SIV / P4 Paragliding Course. The Group of trainees was flagged off by Director Tourism Jammu Dr. Vikas Gupta.
The course is scheduled from 20th September to 27th October 2025 in three phases and is designed to provide advanced paragliding training and skill enhancement to participants. Directorate of Tourism, Jammu has sponsored the course in collaboration with Atal Bihari Institute of Mountaineering, Manali.
The Director Tourism Jammu extended best wishes to the participants, highlighting that the initiative is a step towards promoting adventure tourism and creating new opportunities of self-employment and professional growth for local youth. He further added that tourism is committed to upgrade Adventure infrastructure in the region.
Speaking on the occasion, Joint Director Tourism, Jammu, Aijaz Qaiser underlined that the initiative would not only empower trained youth but also help establish Jammu as a leading destination for adventure sports. The upcoming paragliding site at Aithem in Jammu will provide a platform for the local youth to fly solo and tandem providing opportunities to the adventure enthusiasts of Jammu.
Savita Chouhan, Deputy Director Tourism, Jammu; Vishal Sadhotra, Assistant Director Tourism, Jammu and Arif Lone Assistant Director Tourism, NNW were also present on the occasion along with the entire staff of the Directorate of Tourism, Jammu.
The group 19 paragliders has already completed their P1,p2,p3 course from NIMAS (National Institute of Mountaineering and allied sports) and heading towards their last and final P4 /SIV course from -Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports.
After completion of the said course, they will be finally eligible for solo flying and tandem flights. Their SIV/ P4 training course will be conducted at Bilaspur (Govind Sagar Lake) and Bir-billing (Himachal) which is considered as Asia’s best in class institute/infrastructure for paragliding and related activities.