RSU inks MoU with Indian Navy for capacity building, research projects

AHMEDABAD: Gandhinagar-based Raksha Shakti University (RSU) on Thursday entered into an settlement with Indian Navy for capability constructing and joint analysis tasks. The settlement was signed through the launch of Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Organisation (NIIO). NIIO was launched defence minister Rajnath Singh in a web-based webinar. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh additionally attended the occasion.

Prof Bimal Patel, director normal of RSU, and Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar, vice chief of Naval Staff, signed the MoU.

“The signing of the MoU between RSU and the Indian Navy today marks the beginning of a new partnership with a view to strengthening the country’s security infrastructure and furthering the goal of defence indigenisation in the country,” stated Prof Patel after the occasion. RSU officers stated that the MoU goals to synergize RSU’s experience of encouraging improvements within the safety area for offering incubation help to the entrepreneurial start-ups that are targeted on enhancing the capabilities of Indian Navy. “Joint research projects and residential training programs for Indian Navy officers would be conducted among the various activities for the aim of capacity building of our armed forces,” stated the official.

The defence minister additionally launched Maritime Innovation Forum (of Security and Scientific Technical Research Agency- SASTRA) on the occasion. The platform can be used for deliberations on defence manufacturing in India.