Bengaluru. Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) Chairman T Suvarna Raju has been conferred ‘Technology Leadership Award’.
The Institute of Engineers (India) at its fourth Indian Technology Congress (ITC 2016) bestowed the award to Mr Raju in Bangalore December 1.
Addressing the gathering mostly comprised of budding engineers, Mr Raju said HAL has been adapting ‘Engineering Innovation’ to remain competitive in the manufacturing sector. The new engineering technology that will enhance the manufacturing competitiveness is the 3D manufacturing and towards this HAL has procured Rapid Prototyping machines to explore manufacturing of components.
Indian Technology Congress has emerged as a leading forum for the confluence of thought leaders in technology, sciences and business working on deploying technology – intensive solutions for contemporary challenges.
About 600 delegates from industries, R&D Laboratories and Academia were participating in the two-day congress with the theme “Excellence in Engineering Practice: Networking and collaboration”. The Congress has been held under the leadership of eminent personalities like Prof RM Vasagam, Chairman – National Advisory Committee-ITC 2016 with justice Dr M Rama Jois and others.
ITC-2016 was being organized by the Foundation for Educational Excellence (FEE), The Institution of Engineers (India), National Design and Research Foundation (NDRF), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Indian Institution of Production Engineers (IIPE) and other professional associations actively involved with technology promotion and application.
