IIT Delhi, IAF join hands to accelerate indigenisation efforts

The joint partnership between IAF and IIT Delhi aims at accelerating IAF’s indigenisation efforts for achieving self-reliance. 

The Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Indian Institute of Delhi (IIT) Delhi have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for various developmental projects to support the requirements of the IAF.  

The MoU was signed by Air Vice Marshal Samir V Borade VSM, Deputy Senior Maintenance Staff Officer, Headquarters Maintenance Command, IAF, and MR Ravi, Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi. The joint partnership between the IAF and IIT Delhi aims to accelerate IAF’s indigenisation efforts for achieving self-reliance.  

Under the ambit of the MoU, the IAF has identified key focus areas involving technology development and finding indigenous solutions towards sustenance of various weapon systems. IIT Delhi will provide cooperation and consultancy, duly supported by research, for feasibility studies and prototype development.  

The partnership between IAF and IIT Delhi will significantly boost the efforts by base repair depots (BRDs) of IAF’s maintenance command towards enhancing sustenance capability, obsolescence management, indigenisation and achieving self-reliance.  

IIT Delhi had also established a Joint Advanced Technology Centre in 2017 with funding from the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). At present, more than 80 faculty members and nearly 150 staff and PhD students are working on various defence-related projects at the institute. 

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