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Establishing Defence and Strategic Technologies Ecosystem in India: Role of Academics
Dr Saroj Bishoyi, Research Fellow, VIF Article

(The Report outlined below is based on a three member VIF delegation’s visit to IIT Madras from 1-3 September 2024, during which VIF and IIT-Madras signed an MoU for promoting greater academic cooperation. The VIF delegation also visited several....

December 20, 2024 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , Defence technology , Card , 3D printing , Emerging technologies , MOU , StartUps , IIT Madras , Academic Cooperation , Brain Research , Domestic Supply Chain , I3CDS , Ramjet Technology , STI Ecosystem , Strategic Technologies
Defence Technology Ecosystem for Aatmanirbhar Bharat

This report is an outcome of a study conducted by the Vivekananda International Foundation to find out the causes of shortfall in performance and work out recommendations for further reforms in the defence sector. This study was conducted in four com....

July 26, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Technological and Scientific Studies , Make in India , Defence technology , Defence Exports , Ecosystem , Aatmanirbhar Bahrat , Defence R&D , MoD Organisations
Science and Technology (S&T) Digest (16-31 May 2024), Issue 38

In this Issue

I. Defence and Security

  1. Delivery of 25T Bollard Pull (BP) Tug, Baljeet to Indian Navy
  2. Delivery of ‘Ammunition Cum Torpedo Cum Missile Barge, LSAM 20
    3. ....

    June 10, 2024 Defence technology , AI , Emerging technologies , Science & Technology , Drones , ChatGPT , OpenAI , Agnikul Cosmos , Air-to-Surface Missile , Biological Weapons Convention , Digital Public Infrastructure , Hydrogen Fuel Cell technology , Next-Generation Nuclear Fuel Technology , Research Reactor , Startup Ecosystem , Telemedicine Innovations
Defence Exports – An Adjunct to India’s Foreign Policy
Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee

The Term
In general, the term ‘defence exports’ imply transfer of lethal weaponry and warlike equipment to another country under various parameters of mutual understanding and terms of exchange. Export of defence hardware is an adjunc....

June 07, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence , Defence technology , Defence modernisation , Defence Exports , iDEX , Positive Indigenisation List , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Defence diplomacy , Akash air defence system , BrahMos cruise missile , Pinaka Multiple Launch Rocket System , Tejas Light Combat Aircraft
Changes in India’s Defence Technology Development Policies Over the Decade
Lt Gen Anil Ahuja, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR (Retd.) - Distinguished Fellow, VIF

“A renaissance is imperative for us to once again become a knowledge superpower rather than simply providing cheap labour in areas of high technology.” Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

Introduction
Over the last decade,....

May 29, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , DRDO , Defence technology , DTTI , iDEX , iCET , DISC , Innovators , INDUS-X , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Critical and Emerging Technologies , DIO , Incubators , IMPACT , Investors , Technology Development Fund (TDF)
‘Sharpening the Arsenal: India’s Evolving Nuclear Deterrence Policy’, Gurmeet Kanwal, Harper Collins Publishers Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2017, pp 268, INR 599
Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty

The book deals comprehensively with India’s nuclear arsenal and finally suggests as to what must be done to sharpen it in the current environment. The book has 13 Chapters and six interesting Appendices. The first Chapter deals with the reluctan....

February 09, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , TNWs , Defence technology , Book Reviews , Nuclear Power , Nuclear Deterrence Policy
Three Stages of Indo-Russian Defence Relations: A Military Perspective
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

Abstract This Apr this year, India and Russia celebrated 70 years of their diplomatic relations. The occasion was marked with reciprocal visits of the Heads of State to each other's country. While PM Modi wrote 'India, Russia r....

August 23, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Defence technology , Russia relations , Make-in-India
Laudable Reforms in Defence Procurement
Brig Gurmeet Kanwal

Transformative Reform It is a well-established fact that no nation aspiring to great power status can expect to achieve its goal without being substantively self-reliant in defence production. The NDA government led by Prime Minis....

March 09, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Defence technology , Procurement procedure , Production policy
Vimarsha on Indigenising Technology and Production in Defence – India’s Survival Need with Dr. V. K. Saraswat

On 11th November 2013, Vivekananda International Foundation invited Dr. V. K. Saraswat, former Director General of DRDO and former Scientific Advisor to the Ministry of Defence, to deliver a talk on Indigenising Technology and Productio....

November 12, 2013 Vimarsh , Technological and Scientific Studies , DRDO , Defence technology , ISRO , R&D , Scientific Advisor
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