Overview

• SSPU formally launched a B.Tech School of Defence & Aerospace Technology to bolster industry–academia links in strategic sectors.
• Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was the chief guest and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis the guest of honour, with senior state ministers and Symbiosis leaders in attendance.
• Singh praised Pune's role as a defence hub and reiterated targets to lift defence manufacturing to Rs 3 lakh crore and exports to Rs 50,000 crore by 2029.
• The convocation conferred degrees across skill-based and professional programmes, reflecting the university’s emphasis on hands-on, job-ready training.
• A snake was seen under the stage before the dignitaries arrived, creating a brief scare captured on video, but proceedings went ahead and Singh was scheduled to visit DRDO’s ARDE later in the day.