mumbai after a request from a leading business house mumbai university plans to revive its helipad on the kalina campus and allow commercial use in a management council meeting on monday the members unanimously agreed to rent out the helipadthe money generated will be used for students welfare and university development schemes with this move the university is also planning to build an industry connect but it was clear the helipad wont be allowed to be used for political purposeswe were told that the proposal has come from a university alumnus members felt it is best to put the helipad to some use while we have agreed to rent it out there will be a set of guidelines to be followed said a member adding that the universitys location is likely to make it popular there are few recognised helipads in the city he addedthe alumnus from the leading business family has requested to use it only for a day a threemember committee comprising management council members neel helekar ravikant sangurde and mahadappa gonda has been formed to chalk out the guidelines for future usethe university does not own a helicopter and this was the best way to make use of the helipad we can sign mous with the companies interested in the helipad and collaborate for csr projects research internships etc students can also directly connect with industry said a member the committee will also work out the rental going by market ratesduring former vicechancellor sanjay deshmukhs tenure in 2017 a small group of students was taken for a joy flight in collaboration with pawan hans