CSIR at the India International Trade Fair
New Delhi. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), a day after the inauguration ceremony of its Platinum Jubilee Techno Fest, unveiled the thematic representations of ‘Aerospace & Strategic Sector’ on November 15 in the 36th India International Trade Fair (IITF) at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. Dr GirishSahni, Director General (CSIR) interacted with the industrial partners and several notable dignitaries attended the conclave.
The conference commenced at the CSIR hall number 12-A, where senior scientists from various CSIR labs were present.
Dr JJ Jadhav, Director, CSIR- National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), in his presentation, gave highlights of the achievements and contributions of NAL in the field of Aerospace & Strategic sector. Jadhav said exclusively, “This is a very encouraging event. If we combine our expertise, we can take up big projects. Also from the NAL side, we have showcased Carbon Composites, Simulators, Redomes, etc. We are also looking into civil aircraft vision. It has helped us to tell industry that what is our plan and technologies which are already commercialised. It was a very interactive session with all.”
He showcased the promising technologies being used in different aircraft of the Indian Armed Forces. Focusing upon Public-Private partnership, he presented an outline for the future of light-weight aircraft to be used for defence forces
The conclave unfolded with precise details about the Aerospace technology and innovations as Dr K Muraleedharan, Director, Central Glass and Ceramic Institute (CGCRI) discussed about the importance of Nano Technology, Radiation Shielding and Thermal Generation. He also spoke about the prevalent use of Optical Fiber which has proved to be a boon for the Telecommunication sector.
Naresh Chandra Sharma, Head of Domestic Aerospace & Defence, Tata Advanced Materials Limited elevated the conclave with his views on composites being used in aircraft that have benefitted the aerospace sector. It includes fins and several composites used in the cockpit of an aircraft.
Professor RK Sinha, Director, CSIR- Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO) shared the lab’s contribution to the Aerospace sector. CSIO has manufactured the Helmet Mounted Display for aircraft, vehicles and, human detection system used by the Indian Army and Laser Shadowgraphy. The bullet proof jackets are also made by the continuous efforts of CSIO.
The conference also had an interactive session by the other industrial partners of CSIR. Ketan J Patel from Unique Chemoplant Equipment addressed the conference with his detailed presentation about the Aerospace Autoclave Development. It was followed by the presentations of Varinder Singh and Vinod Mathews from Bharat Electronics limited and Captronics Systems Pvt. Ltd, respectively. Total of 20 industries participated in the Industry Interaction Session.
Dr Sitendu Mandal from CSIR-CGCRI spoke about the importance of commercialisation of the technologies in recent times. He focused on the quantum of chemical analysis and to meet the demand of Atomic Energy. He emphasised on radiation shielding window glass, radiation signals and, Bead Technologies. He said that there was no threat of the radiations to the environment.
Signing of MoUs and Technology transfer also marked the day 2 of the Technofest by CSIR. It included Enzen Global Solutions Private Limited, Bangalore, for the development of a Wind Solar Wind Hybrid system for domestic applications, Aditya Birla Group, Mumbai- Technical Advisor Consultancy for establishing and a composite manufacturing unit for light Combat Aircraft (LCA) composite parts and H&R Johnson (India) for low melting High Sodium Glass Beads, Mumbai.
There was also a student interaction session, in which CSIR Aerospace demonstrated its flight stimulator and also few competitions like essay writing and drawing were organised.
DG-CSIR, Dr. Girish Sahni concluded the conference with the question and answers session. He said, “thanks to all the participants for joining this grand event at Techno Fest. There are new challenges that we shared and rectified here. People with ambition want to turn up to Research & Development that is a formidable challenge. It is highly palpable job that needs to be tapped soon.”
