Overview

• Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan inaugurated the inaugural T-SATS at the Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi, drawing participation from leaders and students of 62 institutions.
• A technology exhibition of academic innovations opened for evaluation by Service experts to identify projects for collaboration and potential funding, with reported exhibit totals varying across outlets.
• Structured one-on-one sessions paired innovators with Army, Navy and Air Force representatives to refine proposals into military use cases, with additional meetings scheduled for September 23.
• MoUs were signed with Ajeenkya DY Patil University, Gujarat National Law University, IIT Madras, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, MS Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Nirma University, Oriental Institute of Science and Technology, Rashtriya Raksha University and the National Research Development Corporation.
• Gen Chauhan emphasized that convergence across kinetic and non-kinetic domains demands integrated, indigenous solutions and urged academia and industry to scale capability development.