The Indian Institute of Technology Madras is going to showcase next-generation technologies during DefExpo 2020, the biennial defence exhibition scheduled to be held from February 5 to February 9, 2020 at Lucknow. It will cover the complete spectrum of the country’s aerospace, defence and security interests.
IIT Madras is the ‘Knowledge Partner’ of Tamil Nadu Defence Corridor and will form part of the TIDCO (Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation) Pavilion in the Expo.
Speaking about the participation of IIT Madras in the expo, Professor of Practice Lt Gen (Retd) PR Shankar, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Madras said, “We are now on the verge of making a mark on the Defence industry through the technologies developed by our faculty and through our start-ups incubated in our one of its kind Research Parks. We have come a long way since the last DefExpo held in Chennai.”
