The Defence Ministry said in a statement that a Memorandum of Understanding was signed here on Thursday between the Headquarters, Integrated Defence Staff, and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for technical collaboration, joint research, and development in the field of defense technology.

 

 

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Lt General JP Mathew, Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC), Ministry of Defence (MoD), and N Kalaiselvi, Director General, CSIR & Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science & Technology (MoST), signed the Memorandum of Understanding.

 

The MoU between HQ IDS and CSIR aims to provide an umbrella framework for initiating collaborative interaction between CSIR Labs, HQ IDS, and armed forces, namely the Indian Army, Indian Navy, and Indian Air Force, in order to improve scientific understanding of defense technologies and conduct joint research and development in dual-use technologies.

According to the Defence Ministry, the HQ IDS and CSIR have a common goal in conducting cooperative research and development in defense technology for mutual benefit, in the genuine spirit of "scientific cooperation in support of Indian Armed Forces."

This collaboration will also help to speed the armed forces' efforts to achieve 'Atma Nirbhar Bharat'.

 

Source : PTI