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DRDO scientists to get 20-week training
PUNE: Under the Defence Research and Development Organisations (DRDO) initiative called the Post Induction Training School, 186 scientists, including 22 women, are participating in a 20-week integrated training programme at the Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT) that commenced here on Tuesday.
The objective of this intensive training programme is to orient the freshly recruited scientists toward the organisational objectives of the DRDO, as also to the current and futuristic defence technologies. The training is expected to motivate and inspire the young scientists to constantly upgrade their technical capabilities and inculcate the spirit of innovative thinking, which will help them lead futuristic defence technology programmes.
The 186 scientists were selected through a national-level entrance test and campus recruitment processes at prestigious institutions and universities like the IISc, IITs and NITs.
The programme was inaugurated by Pune University vice-chancellor R K Shevgaonkar on Tuesday. Speaking on the occasion at the DIAT, Shevgaonkar brought out the importance of modern defence technology vis-à-vis the wars in history. In the last 100 years, there has been a palpable increase in use of technology in the battle field, as compared to 2,000 years ago. Scientists should be prepared for such changes, he said. To be a good scientist, Shevgaonkar said, one must have self discipline, since this meets the stringent time-bound requirements in the sphere of defence technology.
The scientists, from diverse engineering and science backgrounds, have been divided into seven streams aeronautics; armament engineering; combat engineering and vehicles; electronics and computer science; materials and metallurgy; missiles and naval sciences. They will undergo four weeks of general organisational orientation training, followed by 12 weeks of general and advanced technology training. The scientists will be attached to various field units of the Indian Armed Forces for two weeks and two weeks will be spent for acquainting them with service and administrative matters.
DRDO scientists to get 20-week training - Pune - City - The Times of India
PUNE: Under the Defence Research and Development Organisations (DRDO) initiative called the Post Induction Training School, 186 scientists, including 22 women, are participating in a 20-week integrated training programme at the Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT) that commenced here on Tuesday.
The objective of this intensive training programme is to orient the freshly recruited scientists toward the organisational objectives of the DRDO, as also to the current and futuristic defence technologies. The training is expected to motivate and inspire the young scientists to constantly upgrade their technical capabilities and inculcate the spirit of innovative thinking, which will help them lead futuristic defence technology programmes.
The 186 scientists were selected through a national-level entrance test and campus recruitment processes at prestigious institutions and universities like the IISc, IITs and NITs.
The programme was inaugurated by Pune University vice-chancellor R K Shevgaonkar on Tuesday. Speaking on the occasion at the DIAT, Shevgaonkar brought out the importance of modern defence technology vis-à-vis the wars in history. In the last 100 years, there has been a palpable increase in use of technology in the battle field, as compared to 2,000 years ago. Scientists should be prepared for such changes, he said. To be a good scientist, Shevgaonkar said, one must have self discipline, since this meets the stringent time-bound requirements in the sphere of defence technology.
The scientists, from diverse engineering and science backgrounds, have been divided into seven streams aeronautics; armament engineering; combat engineering and vehicles; electronics and computer science; materials and metallurgy; missiles and naval sciences. They will undergo four weeks of general organisational orientation training, followed by 12 weeks of general and advanced technology training. The scientists will be attached to various field units of the Indian Armed Forces for two weeks and two weeks will be spent for acquainting them with service and administrative matters.
DRDO scientists to get 20-week training - Pune - City - The Times of India
