Indian Institute technology (IIT) Kanpur and Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) have collaborated to work on emerging opportunities in the Indian defense and aerospace sectors. Both sides to cooperate in mutually agreed areas to address opportunities in the Indian defense and aerospace sectors, in principle, to pursue research and development and to cooperate in the manufacture and supply of components, subassemblies, and systems or equipment let agreed.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Jai Prakash Srivastava, Executive Director on behalf of BHEL and AR Harish, Dean of Research and Development on behalf of IIT Kanpur. The institute said that the two sides identified important technological avenues of cooperation such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technologies, UAV engines, manufacturing of Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) class composite fixed-wing UAVs, cyber security, etc. Is.
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Commenting on the MoU, Professor Abhay Karandikar, Director, IIT Kanpur said, “Defence and aerospace sectors are two of the most continuously growing sectors in India. IIT Kanpur has been involved in various strategic partnerships and multi-disciplinary collaborations with government agencies as well as private organizations in these areas. This tie-up with BHEL marks another important milestone for the institute. Both the organizations will leverage their expertise to emphasize united efforts to strengthen the defense and aerospace sectors of the state as well as the nation. This will certainly accelerate the steps towards exploring multi-disciplinary avenues of development in these important areas for an atmanirbhar India. ,
Manindra Agrawal, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur said, “This MoU with BHEL to work collaboratively on R&D in Defense and Aerospace domains is to create growth opportunities in these areas for the State. Will strengthen our resolve and the nation, too. We will work in synergy to develop some critical indigenous tools, equipment and systems to achieve self-reliance in these areas.”
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