New Delhi, Oct 17 (ANI): India and Canada have proposed to cover development of futuristic technologies for Defence and Internal Security to prepare both the countries for evolving futuristic threats.
A delegation under the leadership of Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat, Scientific Advisor to Raksha Mantri, Secretary, Department of Defence R andD and Director General DRDO, visited Canada recently.
During the visit from October 10 to 15, there was a broad understanding that the two countries are facing similar problems and have identical priorities. It was decided that the matter for collaboration will be taken up at the appropriate level.
A joint mission for futuristic innovation between Canada and India can have a direct impact on the economy and society as a whole in both countries.
The purpose of the visit by the Indian delegation was to attend the Indo-Canadian Workshop on 'Frontiers in Science and Engineering 2011' at York University and also to visit and discuss with Canadian agencies and experts from Academia, S andT Organizations and Industries on technologies of common interest to both the countries.
Delegates from India representing DRDO, ISRO and Universities in India as well as delegates from Universities, S andT Institutions, and Industries in Canada attended the workshop that was held at York University.
The two sides further agreed to outline future course of action within a month and next Workshop will be held in India during 2012. Professor Kozinski, Dean Faculty of Science and Engineering, York University said that funds are available from the Canadian Government. Matching funds can be sourced from DRDO and India.
A strong research alignment and interests in the areas of Early Warning and Response Network, Advanced Materials, LIDAR and related instrumentation, Space Technologies and Bioinformatics has emerged. The delegation held discussions with other scientists/engineers and professors during the Workshop. It also met with the Defence Research and Development Centre authorities and the Asst Deputy Minister of Canada on October 14.
Visits by the team members to S andT Organizations for exploring cooperative research include: Institute for Materials Science, London for Laser processing of materials and surface engineering; Concordia University, Montreal for various facilities set up at the University for the e-WAR Project, the modeling and simulation capabilities for the CFD analysis of a mechanical air handling systems; Institute of Materials Science, Montreal NRDC facility included Nano-foundry for the fabrication of lab-on-chip cost-effective production; Aluminum foam technology by hot rolling; Coating technology based on slurry feeding and curing using a laser beam; Institute for microstructural Sciences and CDFC, Ottawa for the microstructural characterization and Nano-foundry.
It was decided that discussions for setting up a similar facility at India will be taken up. (ANI)
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