{"id":132653,"date":"2023-04-19T12:30:02","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T07:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=132653"},"modified":"2023-04-19T12:30:04","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T07:00:04","slug":"drdo-industry-academia-centre-of-excellence-inaugurated-at-iit-hyderabad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/drdo-industry-academia-centre-of-excellence-inaugurated-at-iit-hyderabad\/","title":{"rendered":"DRDO Industry Academia Centre of Excellence inaugurated at IIT Hyderabad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>DRDO Industry Academia Centre of Excellence inaugurated at IIT Hyderabad:<\/strong> The inauguration of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Industry Academia Centre of Excellence (DIA-CoE) took place at the Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad, making it the largest facility of its kind in the country. Dr. Samir V Kamat, Chairman of the DRDO, launched the facility at the IIT-Hyderabad campus in Telangana, and announced that the institution will take on futuristic projects for long-term research required by the DRDO. He also highlighted that the DIA-CoE IITH is the largest among all 15 CoEs in the country, and the DRDO team will collaborate with IIT-H to identify target projects in each domain and execute them within a period of 3-5 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/category\/daily-quiz\/daily-quiz-april-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">April 2023 Current Affairs Quiz<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DRDO and IITH established a research cell three years ago, which has since been converted to a Centre of Excellence. This CoE will focus on seven technology projects and will operate at DIA-CoE located at IITH. The director of IITH, Professor B S Murty, noted that the construction of this centre is a critical step towards gaining self-reliance in the defence industry, which is an important part of Atmabibhar Bharat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Important takeaways for all competitive exams:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>DRDO founded: 1958;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DRDO Agency executive: Dr Sameer V Kamath, Chairman;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DRDO Headquarters: DRDO Bhavan, New Delhi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DRDO Industry Academia Centre of Excellence inaugurated at IIT Hyderabad: The inauguration of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Industry Academia Centre of Excellence (DIA-CoE) took place at the Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad, making it the largest facility of its kind in the country. 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