Embrace Fusion & Synergy, CDS Tells Defence Industry, R&D Organisations & Services

Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan virtually inaugurated a two-day National Conference on Technology Management (TECHMA 2024) on October 24. Themed ‘Technology Management in Defence Sector for Vision India @2047’, the conference was organised by Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) at the Institute of Technology Management, Mussoorie. It aimed to align the country’s defence technologies with the national objective of becoming self-reliant by 2047.

In his address, General Chauhan urged the industry, R&D organisations and the Services to embrace fusion & synergy in order to achieve ‘Aatmanirbharta’ in defence and make India a ‘sashakt, surakshit & viksit Bharat’ (capable, secure and developed India). Stressing on the need to change the mindset to keep pace with the evolving times, he called for coming up with innovative and unique ideas which can be advantageous to the armed forces, and in turn the nation.

The conference began with a roundtable discussion on ‘Harnessing Futuristic Technologies and Strengthening Indigenous Capabilities for Vision India @ 2047’. Secretary, department of defence R&D and chairman, DRDO Dr Samir V Kamat attended the inaugural function as guest of honour. The themes of TECHMA-2024 were futuristic defence technologies, technology management with strategic vision for 2047, project management excellence in defence & value engineering and commercialisation.

The insights gained from TECHMA-2024 are expected to strengthen India’s indigenous R&D ecosystem, identify multidisciplinary research areas, improve project management processes & develop solutions for future defence technologies to overcome technical, logistical, and implementation challenges, ensuring India becomes a global leader by 2047.