New Delhi, Jun 3: The Indian Navy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for Technical Collaboration with Indian Maritime University on Friday (Jun 2), in New Delhi. The MoU was signed by Vice Admiral Sandeep Naithani, Chief of Materiel and Dr. Malini V Shankar, IAS (Retd), Vice Chancellor Indian Maritime University.

 

 

 

 

According to reports, an MoU between Indian Navy and Indian Maritime University was signed at New Delhi for Technical Collaboration. The MoU sets forth the procedure towards collaboration in the fields of training, joint research & development, collaborative courses, resolution of field level issues by teams from Centre of Excellence (Marine Engg), INS Shivaji, Lonavala and Indian Maritime University.

 

 

 

 

 

The association comes after when recently Rajnath Singh, during the inaugural speech of DRDO - Academia Conclave remarked that “Today we are one of the largest armed forces in the world, the bravery and valour of our military is praised all over the world. Countries across the world express their willingness to conduct joint exercises with our armed forces. In such a situation, it becomes imperative that we have a technologically advanced military to protect the interests of the country. For a country like India, it becomes very important because we are facing double threat on our borders.”

 

 

He had also further quoted that, “Unless we do research, we will not be able to adopt new technologies. R&D has the ability to convert ordinary substances into valuable resources. It has been a key factor in the development of civilizations throughout the history.”

 

 

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