DRDO to Establish Center of Excellence at IIT Jodhpur: Check Details Here

New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development Organisation signed an agreement with IIT Jodhpur to establish a DRDO-industry-academia centre of excellence(DIA-CoE).

The CoE aspires to conduct joint research and development projects in several fields in partnership with university, industry, and DRDO research centres. The students and teachers at IIT Jodhpur will conduct the research for the centre using DRDO laboratory facilities as well as business, education, and research institutions.

The research priorities of the IIT Jodhpur centre of excellence will be artificial intelligence(AI) for information and wargaming technologies, futuristic Omni-mobility systems, and desert welfare technologies. The science and technology programs identified by DRDO will also be engaged.

IIT Jodhpur is currently capable of developing technologies in several fields, such as desert operations, Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Mobility, and robotics. This made IIT Jodhpur a good choice for DRDO to establish the CoE.

The governing board of the centre which is now co-chaired by the director of IIT Jodhpur and the DRDO Chairman, will choose the director of the Centre of Excellence. In addition, IIT Jodhpur’s director, dean, and registrar will select senior academicians for the council, and members of the institute will make up the research advisory board.

As per IIT Jodhpur director Santanu Chaudhary, “The MoU offers a very significant opportunity to ally DRDO, IIT Jodhpur, businesses to develop technologies that will make India self-reliant in defence technology and also contribute to the development of futuristic technologies for the world, driven by needs of the modern battlefield.”

IIT Jodhpur and Algo8 AI recently cooperated to create data pipeline build-up and machine learning models for oil and petroleum refineries heat exchangers to increase the efficiency of petroleum-related industries.

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