DRDO Industry Academia-Center Of Excellence IIT Delhi Transfers Technology of ABHED To Three Indian Industries
New Delhi: Equipping the defence forces with indigenous advanced technologies that rely on home-grown research has been the most significant consideration of DRDO Industry Academia-Center of Excellence (DIA-CoE), IIT Delhi. Pivotal resources were invested toward generating an innovation ecosystem that includes IIT Delhi academia, Indian industries and DRDO laboratory partners with a constant focus on defence technology needs for national security.
With this guiding objective, about 50 research projects were initiated under five technology verticals alongside close supervision from the nation’s premier defence research organisation, DRDO.
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Led by various IIT Delhi faculty and with active coordination from several DRDO Laboratories, DIA-CoE addresses some of the niche technologies for the ‘soldier-in-the-field’. The works includes designing and indigenization of high performance and light weight Body Armour, high performance Aerostat & Airship Hull materials, Smart Soldier jacket, Terahertz technology for spectroscopy study of energetic material, Fire Fighter’s Extreme Heat Protection Jacket and high altitude Extreme Cold Weather Soldier’s Jacket.
Each of the research activity is planned with suitable soldier specific technology demonstrators ensuring higher technology readiness for technology infusion to futuristic advanced systems by DRDO including some possible civil applications.
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Around 100 faculty members, 200 research scholars and staffs were involved tirelessly at IIT Delhi to materialise the objective of becoming self-reliant (Atma Nirbhar) nation. The very first fruit of the seeds sown are now visible with the technology transfer and signing of various Memorandum of Agreements (MoA) with multiple industry partners for Indigenization of Defence Technologies.
The MoU includes transfer of Technology of Light weight Bullet Resistant Jacket (ABHED- Advanced Ballistic High Energy Defeat) to M/S MIDHANI (Mishra Dhatu Nigam), Rohta, M/S SMPP Pvt Ltd, Delhi and M/S AR Polymers (MKU)- Kanpu. It also includes MoA for development of Indigenous Polymeric Ballistic Material with M/S Reliance Industries Ltd, Vadodara and MoA for limited series production of Extreme Cold Weather Clothing (-60°C Wind chill) with M/S Aeronav Industrial Safety Appliance, Delhi, M/S Arnaf Industries Ltd, Delhi and M/S Arrow Garments, Tirupur
Further, MoA for limited series production of Extreme Heat Protective Clothing with M/S Arrow Garments, Tirupur, M/S Aeronav Industrial Safety Appliance, Delhi and M/S Katalyst TECHTEX Ltd, Delhi.
Several agreements were signed on December 19 2024 at IIT Delhi where defense minister Rajnath Singh graced the inaugural session. The tripartite agreement exchange happened amongst Dr Samir V Kamat, Chairman DRDO; Prof Rangan Banerjee, Director IIT Delhi and Industries. The agreement was signed by Prof Naresh Bhatnagar, Dean (R&D), Dr N Ranjana, Director FTM and industry reps in presence of Dr M H Rahaman, Director DIA-CoE, IIT Delhi other senior dignitaries of DRDO and IIT Delhi.
ABHED (Advanced Ballistics for High Energy Defeat) Bullet Resistant Jacket developed by Prof. Naresh Bhatnagar and Team, which is one of the lightest BPJ of its kind in the world, meets all the necessary threat criteria as per BIS V & VI capability of stopping multiple shots. With such light weight BPJ, our Indian defence forces will be in a position to protect from adversaries threat with greater mobility and efficiency at the border area.
The center has also matured many other critical technologies like High Power Diffractive Optical Element, Quantum Communication Technologies, Terahertz Technology for spectroscopy and Imaging, Brain Computer Interface technology towards Cognitive Robotics, Exoskeleton and many more.
