A FORCE Report

Defence minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated DefConnect 2.0 on April 22 at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. Organised by Innovations for Defence Excellence, Defence Innovation Organisation (iDEX-DIO), the show saw IIT Kanpur sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Defence Innovation Organisation (DIO) in presence of the defence minister. The institute will act as a partner incubator for the ministry of defence’s flagship programme iDEX-Prime. Under the MoU, the business incubator at the institute will offer technical support to start-ups working in the field of modern technologies for defence.

 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurating the iDEX

iDEX-Prime will support start-ups for projects up to Rs 10 crore to add to the evolving innovation ecosystem nationally across various domains ranging from Artificial Intelligence (AI), Advanced Imaging, Sensor Systems, Big Data Analytics, Autonomous Unmanned Systems, to Secured Communication.

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