India has acquired core strength of system design and system integration in the past three decades, said Ajay Shankar, chairman of the expert committee on regulatory approvals, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP).
Addressing a seminar on ‘Indigenous technology base for growth of aerospace ecosystem” organised by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Shankar said, “We have the ability to innovate things and we could achieve enormous success.”
Complimenting HAL on completing 75 years, he said the nation should be proud of its contributions.
As part of its anniversary celebrations, HAL organised the seminar and brought together various stakeholders in aerospace on a common platform.
“It is our constant endeavour to lead the sector by providing collaborative support to the aerospace community and creating an ecosystem for aviation technology,” said T Suvarna Raju, CMD, HAL.
K Tamilmani, Director General-Aero, DRDO, said, “Although we are engineering many technologies for bigger platforms, we need to establish aerospace facilities that will place India on the global arena.”
A compendium of selected papers from various institutions was released on the occasion. A total of 50 papers were received from various participants under the general themes of design, innovations in manufacturing/production, analytical approach, certification, quality and aerospace ecosystem development.
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