Praveen Sankaran was born in Gundur, South India. He plays cricket, does yoga, loves cooking and has a big dream – to explore space. Moscow Aviation Institute has helped him to achieve a great goal!

In order to enter the Moscow Aviation Institute, he studied Russian in the scope of one-year pre-university language program organized by MAI.

After graduating with flying colors in Zimbabwe, he chose to study at MAI because it is the best institution ever to fulfill ones dreams. He realized that only birds can fly without MAI so he never stopped dreaming and stood up for his aspirations.

Jeanie van der Merwe from the Republic of South Africa who successfully graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute with Bachelor’s degree and joined the Incomar Aerospace and Defence Systems corporation.