Troop Comforts Limited (TCL), a Government of India enterprise under the Ministry of Defence, on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi to develop smart protective clothing for the security forces.
The four TCL factories, based on their requirements, will hand over projects to IIT Delhi for research and innovation.
Under the MoU, IIT Delhi and TCL will work in the area of research and development of security personnel deployed in high altitude areas, sensor fitted clothing and clothing for protection against ballistic weapons.
The Department of Textiles and Fibre Engineering of IIT Delhi is known for innovations in the field of smart textiles. It is our privilege to support our security forces through this MoU with TCL,- said Professor SK. Khari, Dean, Research and Development, IIT Delhi.
Under Atmanirbhar Bharat Mission, this MoU with IIT Delhi will prove to be a milestone towards empowering and modernizing the security forces of the country, – said SK Sinha, TCL.
IIT Delhi said that this collaboration is in all new areas including the use of smart textiles for defence applications, integration of artificial intelligence in military facility and development of future infantry soldier as a system (integration of telecommunication and health monitoring equipment). will cover.
IIT Madras researchers to identify new housing tech, help reduce construction cost:
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is hosting ‘ASHA’, a housing incubator to support start-ups in identifying and supporting new innovative housing technologies, reduce the cost of construction in India and grow their ideas Has been doing.
The ‘Accelerator Affordable Sustainable Housing Accelerators’ is an initiative of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to provide incubation and acceleration support to potential future technologies that are not yet market ready (pre-prototype applicants) or for those technologies Which are market-ready (post-prototype applicants).
Another firm supported by ASHA-IIT Madras is Slab Engineering which is engaged in 3D volumetric precast development. The company will work with IIT Madras to refine its designs and develop standards and specifications to enable adoption of its products.
Professional success will be the main focus of IIT Madras. Professor M. Prasad, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras said, – Success will be measured in terms of scaling and output in terms of lakhs of housing units built through ASHA supported technologies.
ASHA-India centres, which will also help in developing relevant design guidelines, construction manuals and other necessary guidelines for effective use of such technologies in the region, have been set up in five institutes – four IITs (Madras, Kharagpur, Bombay and Roorkee) and CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat.
