Overview

• Ten IITs including Guwahati, Madras and Kanpur, along with IISc Bangalore and IIIT Delhi, now host nodal Manekshaw Centres under Ministry of Education approval.
• Prof Devendra Jalihal of IIT Guwahati leads as chief patron with Prof Manindra Agrawal and Lt Gen Dr Subrata Saha (Retd.) filling key governance roles.
• The initiative will advance next-generation education, productisation, manufacturing and research-based consulting for national security applications.
• Designed to support Atmanirbhar Bharat, the centres focus on indigenous development of cutting-edge defence technologies.
• Having appointed leadership teams, the programme is now preparing industry partnerships, foreign collaborations and capacity-building workshops on emerging security challenges.