A country that invests in technology will have secure boundaries: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar

By R Anil Kumar

• Innovation, tech push defining India’s growth, says Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar

• In Amrit Kaal, we are seeing India’s rise. The rise is unstoppable, the rise is incremental but the kind of rise which you are defining here is a rise that the world is noticing. We are going to be one of the top nations in the world: Vice President

• Since the beginning has been made, right steps have been taken, visionary leadership has provided futuristic governance policies for it. India will regain its past glory of having controlled the global knowledge about space and astronomy: Mr. Jagdeep Dhankar

Bengaluru, May 27. India’s scientific community is converging to fuel transformative change and widening the range of opportunities for the country’s youth, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said here on May 27.

Speaking at CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories after a visit to the facility, the Vice President Called the laboratory a crucible where India’s outlook for the future was taking shape.

The country is on a course of incremental growth which the world was noticing.

“India is one of the countries that is focusing on disruptive technologies as no other country is doing. Our quantum computing system that will be of extreme awareness to you all already in place” Mr. Dhankar said.

“There are five to six countries in the world focusing on that (disruptive technologies).

The government has already made allocations. We are also focusing on Machine Learning, blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, and Internet of Things,” he said.

In general perception, these technologies pose a challenge. But for you, this challenge is opportunity. You are increasing the opportunity basket of our youth, our impressionable minds.

Highlighting India’s recent successes in the field of space, Vice President Dhankhar noted that several institutions had come together to accomplish the feats.

He underlined the wind tunnel facility at CSIR-NAL for its role in India’s space missions, including Chandrayaan-3. The trisonic wind tunnel has, since its 1967 inception, been providing critical aerodynamics data for India’s aerospace programmes.

Speaking about the shift from conventional warfare to the more advanced models, Dhankhar said countries that invest in technological upgrades were likely to have secure borders. India’s progress in this domain will be determined by laboratories like CSIR-NAL, he said.

He says how a country positions itself and how strong it will be will be determined in laboratories like NAL.

Vice President Dhankhar, said, “Gone are the days of conventional warfare. I have before me men in uniform. They know the changing dynamics of warfare. It’s gone much beyond conventional warfare.”

“How our position will happen, how strong we will be, will be determined in laboratories like this. And the good thing is, our future is bright because you people are working with that intellect, education, which is unrivalled in the world,” he added.

He also praised NAL’s contribution to the country’s aerospace sector. “In the last two years, India’s space accomplishments have come to be globally recognised. Both in the field of Defence and also in the shape of things like Chandrayan-3.

All this, is not the handiwork of one Institution, it is the convergence of several institutions that has contributed to this,” he said.

In Amrit Kaal, we are seeing India’s rise. The rise is unstoppable, the rise is incremental but the kind of rise which you are defining here is a rise that the world is noticing. We are going to be one of the top nations in the world.

The Institute has grown into a powerhouse of Research and development contributing significantly to Aerospace sector and beyond. In last two years, India’s space accomplishments have come to be globally recognised.

Since the beginning has been made, right steps have been taken, visionary leadership has provided futuristic governance policies for it. India will regain its past glory of having controlled the global knowledge about space and astronomy.

“Modern age is marked by transformational revolutionary changes. I am firmly committed to our thought process that education is the most impactful transactional mechanism of change. It brings about a change that respects equality, cuts into inequities. But more than that, and much beyond that, and what is need of the hour, is technological advancement” the Vice President stated.

The indigenous aircraft showcasing India’s ability to design and produce advanced aviation technology truly stands as a symbol of an Atmanirbhar Bharat.

I saw three things and all three will change our landscape, our airspace. One, the one in which I said, which is used for training purposes, not only it will create a fleet of people interested in aviation and pilots, the second one, transport, amazing.

And the third one, you don’t need a pilot. It can remain in the sky for 90 days and self power for the reason that it translates solar energy into power for itself. Now, these are big ticket changes, the Vice President said.

The entire rural landscape of this country is surcharged when the Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that women in the villages will have the capacity to operate drones, it is within their reach. What you are doing will have great commercial exploitation. There will be growth of industry.

But a country that was importing and 100% importing defence equipment is now exporting defence equipment in billions of dollars. All I can indicate friends at the moment is that 1.4 billion people of this country with total dedication are part of a marathon march.

Earlier, the Vice President witnessed the flying display of the Hansa NG, the indigenous flying trainer designed and developed by NAL at the HAL airport.

He was briefed on the aviation technology innovations accomplished by the organisation. He also inaugurated the Centre for Carbon Fibre and Prepregs during his visit.

Congratulations to you all, greetings to you, salutation to you all for the work you are doing, and the work you are doing is not much in public domain.

This silent revolution which you are bringing about, and people will come to know then their confidence will go geometric not arithmetic, the Vice President added.

The Vice President also inaugurated the Centre for Carbon Fibre and Prepregs during his visit.