Gujarat govt and IDST ink MOU to set up School of Advanced Defence Studies and Defence Technology

Gandhinagar: The Department of Education, Government of Gujarat and Institute of Defence Scientists and Technologists (IDST),a registered society of DRDO signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in New Delhi on 3rd March, 2020.

The MoU has been signed with the purpose of collaboration and research to set up a School of Advanced Defensce Studies (SADS) in Gujarat University and a School of Defence Technologies (SDT), with the nodal partner as Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research and Management (IIT-RAM), Ahmedabad with the knowledge support of IDST.

The MoU states that the Gujarat University and IDST shall suitably engage the industry, in consultation with the Government of Gujarat to facilitate industry participation and employability of the students.

Government of Gujarat and IDST shall also share resources available at each other’s disposal i. e. intellectual resources and infrastructure of IDST and financial resources of Government of Gujarat to strengthen the defence-related efforts in Gujarat.

Dr. Satheesh Reddy, Chairman of DRDO, Veteran Air Marshal Mr. R.K Dhir, Advisor to Government of Gujarat for Aerospace and Defence, Smt. Anju Sharma IAS, Principal Secretary, Education Department, Govt. of Gujarat, Prof (Dr.) Himanshu Pandya, Vice Chancellor of Gujarat University, Dr. Shiva Prasad, Director General IIT-RAM, and Mr. Ravin Vyas, Director Avbodh Knowledge Foundation Ltd were present during the MoU signing.

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