DefConnect 2024: Under the auspices of the Department of Defence Production, the Innovations for Defence Excellence-Defence Innovation Organisation (iDEX-DIO) will launch DefConnect 2024 on Monday, to foster domestic innovation and enable collaborations to tackle changing security issues. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be the guest of honour at the event.
The Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi is the venue for the event. DefConnect 2024, which brings together important stakeholders including the Armed Forces, leaders in the defence sector, start-ups, academics, and policymakers, marks a crucial turning point in the nation’s defence innovation environment.
In addition to showcasing cutting-edge technology, the event seeks to generate meaningful engagements and is prepared to serve as a revolutionary platform for entrepreneurship, innovation, and cooperation in the defence industry. Many investors and innovators from India’s top defense-related companies would be drawn to the event.
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The iDEX platform makes it possible for military personnel to collaborate with innovators through a co-development approach. They function as domain experts, nodals, and end users. End-user knowledge and perceptions are used to facilitate innovation and improve current systems seamlessly.
The Defence India Start-up Challenge (DISC) and 11 Open Challenges (OC) of iDEX have received over 9,000 applications. Triservices, Defence Space Agency, Defence Public Sector Undertakings, Indian Coast Guard, Border Roads Organisation, and others have provided challenges.
Prior to International Women’s Day on March 8, 2024, there will be an All-Women Panel Discussion at the event with the theme “Women as Drivers of Change.”
The iDEX winners’ exhibition of cutting-edge technology will be the main attraction for visitors. It will provide a special chance to interact with and learn about iDEX startups’ cutting-edge innovations.
In 2018, PM Modi introduced iDEX, a unified platform for players in the aerospace and military industries. It serves as a kind of umbrella organisation to supervise technological advancements and prospective joint ventures in this particular area.
Under the auspices of the Department of Defence Production, the event is being arranged by Innovations for Defence Excellence-Defence Innovation Organisation (iDEX-DIO). The iDEX platform makes it possible for military personnel to collaborate with innovators through a co-development approach. Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced the iDEX in 2018, which effectively gives different players in the aerospace and military industries a single, unified platform. It serves as a kind of umbrella organisation to supervise technological advancements and prospective joint ventures in this particular area.
