{"id":2366,"date":"2021-08-29T21:02:48","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T15:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=2366"},"modified":"2021-08-29T21:02:48","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T15:32:48","slug":"raksha-mantri-shri-rajnath-singh-addresses-defence-institute-of-advanced-technology-meeting-in-pune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=2366","title":{"rendered":"Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh addresses Defence Institute of Advanced Technology Meeting in Pune;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"text-center\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh addresses Defence Institute of Advanced Technology Meeting in Pune;<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span id=\"ltrSubtitle\"><br \/>\nRM: DIAT working to provide pool of technologists for indigenisation of defence manufacturing<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ReleaseDateSubHeaddateTime text-center pt20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Posted On: 27 AUG 2021 6:10PM by PIB Delhi<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pt20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>Key Highlights<\/em>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>DIAT working towards self-reliance in critical defence technologies<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Schools of quantum technology, robotics and automation opened<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Residence facility for married PhDscholars\/international students\/visiting faculty<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh visited Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT), a deemed to be University, for its 6<sup>th<\/sup>General Body Meeting on 27th August 2021.He is Chairman &amp; Chancellor of the Institute.Speaking on the occasion, he said, it is a matter of great pride that DIAT has been contributing towards nation building by conducting advanced courses in science and technology related to defence and national security.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/image0016U04.jpg\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Shri Rajnath Singh said, \u201cThe vision of our honourable PM is to make our nation self-reliant \u2013\u2018Atmanirbhar Bharat\u2019.\u00a0 Towards this, we have initiated several steps for indigenisation of defence technologies and manufacturing in the country. These initiatives require large pool of technologists armed with skills of future warfare.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Raksha Mantri expressed happiness that DIAT has taken proactive role in this direction by opening new schools in the areas of Quantum Technology, Robotics and Automation and Defence Technology. Such augmentation with eminent professors of Indian origin and collaboration with recognised foreign institutes will transform the institute into a frontier technology centre.He also mentioned that DIAT has started interdisciplinary research and teaching programme in the area of Quantum Technologies and Robotics. He also witnessed some demonstrations in these technologies.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Raksha Mantri expressed satisfaction that DIAT has been conducting online certificate courses for the benefit of the young engineering professionals in Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security which are the preliminaries for future information security and war-gaming. \u201cIt is heartening to note that 1,500 young professionals have already been trained by DIAT,\u201d he added. These steps lead to self-reliance in critical defence technologies. In recent years, intake of studentsin M Tech, MSc and PhD are continuously increasing with better quality of students. Books, patents and paper publications are increasing, exhibiting the academic growth of the institute.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/image002OWV9.jpg\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>After the GBM, Raksha Mantri addressed DIAT faculty, students and staff. He said that DIAT is in process of collaborating with eminent professors of Indian origin from recognised foreign institutes which will take our institute closer towards making it into a frontier technology institute in these areas. Raksha Mantri congratulated DIAT for taking a lead for self-reliance in these critical technologies.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>\u00a0Speaking about uniqueness of the DIAT, which also conducts various short-term specialised courses like Missile technology, cyber security, cryptology for our defence services, Shri Rajnath Singh said, \u201cDIAT has conducted several International workshops. Armed Forces and DRDO Scientists are continuously updated through such workshops and getting regular doctoral and post-graduate degrees from this University.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Speaking about academic excellence of the DIAT, Raksha Mantri said, \u201cDIAT faculty members are pioneers in their domain and I am also informed that 03 professors of DIAT are ranked in the top two per cent bracket in the world.\u00a0 I congratulate them and wish many more to achieve this distinction.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/image003L5YO.jpg\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Raksha Mantri inaugurated newly constructed married accommodation for PhD scholars\/international students\/visiting faculty on the campus. After the inauguration of the hostel he witnessed demonstration of free space optical communication project of DIAT.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Shri Rajnath Singh praised DIAT and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDOP for coming forward during the time of crisis of country during the pandemic. In this time DIAT acquired nine patents in combating COVID-19 and productionized these technologies industry partners.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Secretary, Department of Defence Research &amp;Development and Chairman, DRDO Shri G Satheesh Reddy, DIAT Vice Chancellor Dr C P Ramanarayanan, senior faculty members, senior civil &amp;military officials and scholars were also present on the occasion.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh addresses Defence Institute of Advanced Technology Meeting in Pune; RM: DIAT working to provide pool of technologists for indigenisation of defence manufacturing Posted On: 27 AUG 2021 6:10PM by PIB Delhi Key Highlights: DIAT working towards self-reliance in critical defence technologies Schools of quantum technology, robotics and automation opened Residence &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2366"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2368,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366\/revisions\/2368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}