DRDO Industry Academia Centres of Excellence (DIA-CoEs)
DRDO establishes DIA-CoE at premier and capable academic Institutes and Universities in the country to build Directed Research Eco-system through collaboration among DRDO labs, Academia and Startups/Industries. DIA-CoEs will pursue research both in developing the cutting-edge technologies and in the areas of denied defence technologies.
The primary aim of establishing such DIA-CoEs is to harness & synergize the combined strength of academia, student community, research fellows, niche technology industries & DRDO scientist to provide impetus to research & innovations in identified futuristic defence technological domains. These DIA-CoEs will boost & sustain development of advanced technologies for future defence systems and platforms through multi-disciplinary & multi-institutional collaborative efforts. DRDO has established 15 Nos. of DIA-CoEs so far. Following are the research verticals of these CoEs:
IIT Delhi (DIA-CoE, IITD)
- Advanced Ballistics and Protection Technologies
- Advanced Electromagnetic Devices and Terahertz Technologies
- Brain Computer Interface and Brain Machine Intelligence
- Photonic Technologies, Plasmonics, Laser and Quantum Photonics
- Smart and Intelligent Textile Technologies
Webpage:https://home.iitd.ac.in/centres-of-excellence.php
IIT Bombay (DIA-CoE, IITB)
- Aero Engine: (Small Turbo Fan Engine & Large Aero Engine)
- Solid Propellant Combustion modelling
- Morphing Wing Aircraft technology
- Hypersonic Propulsion
Webpage:https://www.iitb.ac.in/taxonomy/term/142
IIT Madras (DIA-RCoE, IITM)
- Electronics and Computational Systems
- Naval Systems and Naval Technologies
- Advanced Combat Vehicle Technologies
- High Power CW Laser Sources
University of Hyderabad (DIA-CoE, UoH)
- High energy materials
- Energetic polymers and nanomaterials
- Laser based technologies for detection and discrimination and initiation of HEMs and Chemicals
Gujarat University (DIA-SVPCoE, GU)
- Vulnerability Discovery and Exploitation
- IoT Security
- Malware Analysis
- Cryptocurrency Analysis and Dark Web
- Big Data Analytics
Webpage:https://diasvpcoe.gujaratuniversity.ac.in/Home/about_svpcoe
IISc Bangalore (DIA-RCoE, IISc)
- Aerospace Systems & Materials
- High Temperature Materials for aero engine
- Micro and Nano Systems Science and Technology
- Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for aerial applications
- Quantum Sensing & Metrology
- Strategic Technology Studies
Mizoram University (DIA-CoE, MZU)
- Management of Agro-Bio Resources
- Environment & waste management
- Post-Harvest Management
- MEMS based sensor
- Advanced electromagnetic & high frequency electronics design system
Webpage:https://mzu.edu.in/drdo-industry-academia-centre-of-excellence
Central University of Jammu (DIA-KCoE, CUJ)
- Computational System Security
- Sensors based on semiconductors
Bharthiar University (DIA-CoE, BU)
- Biosensors, micro fuel cells and gas sensors
- Environmental toxicity management
Webpage:https://b-u.ac.in/150/drdo-industry-academia-centre-excellence-bu
IIT Hyderabad (DIA-CoE, IITH)
- Ultra- High Temperature Materials for Hypersonic Vehicles
- Artificial Intelligence for Missile and Missile Defence
- Technologies for Space Application
- Adaptive Imaging and Image Processing
- Nanoornithopter Technologies
- Seeker and Homing Technologies
- Additive Manufacturing
IIT BHU (DIA-CoE, IITBHU)
- Powder Metallurgy
- Electronic Functional Materials
- High Power Micro Wave Sources and Devices
IIT Jodhpur (DIA-CoE, IITJ)
- Desert Warfare Technologies
- Futuristic Omni Mobility Systems
- AI for information and Wargaming Technologies
IIT Kanpur (DIA-CoE, IITK)
- Printing on Flexible Substrates
- Advanced Nanomaterials
- Accelerated Material design and development
- High Energy Materials
- Bio- Engineering
Webpage:https://iitk.ac.in/dord/diacoe/
IIT Roorkee (DIA-CoE, IITR)
- Smart infrastructure and hardened structures for defence applications
- Energy storage device
- Landslide, Snow and avalanche studies
- Pulse lasers and Speciality Fibre
- Shock and Detonics
- Thermal Management
IIT Kharagpur (DIA-CoE, IITKGP)
- Directed Energy System’s Technologies
- Unmanned Underwater Robotic Technologies
- Cognitive Technologies and Cyber Physical Defence Systems
- Quality, reliability and safety studies
Webpage:https://www.iitkgp.ac.in/department/DR
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Abbreviations: Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC), Governing Council (GC), Research Advisory Board (RAB),
Principal Investigator (PI), Non-Resident Indian (NRI), Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)