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GANDHINAGAR, AUG 10
Stating that in the wake of technological advancements in the defence sector, collaboration between military and academia is not an option, but a necessity to train the air warriors ready for futuristic warfare, Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari dwelt at length on the need for collaboration between the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) in Gandhinagar on Wednesday.
Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, CAS @IAF_MCC
visited Rashtriya Raksha University in Gandhinagar, #Gujarat todayMoU was signed between 🤝 #indianairforce & @RakshaUni enabling #Academic pursuits by IAF personnel in the field of #defence & allied subjects
A Great Step ahead 👏 pic.twitter.com/3enqRGcyTp
— PRO Defence Gujarat (@DefencePRO_Guj) August 10, 2022
He was speaking at the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony of the IAF and the RRU. The MoU was signed with RRU to enable pursuit of academics by Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel in various contemporary subjects, besides promoting R&D in niche areas of mutual interest.
Great step together ahead…
🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳@IAF_MCC 🤝 @RakshaUni https://t.co/wS0DGWjqoG
— PRO Defence Gujarat (@DefencePRO_Guj) August 10, 2022
The MoU was signed by Air Vice Marshal Rajeev Sharma, Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Education) and Prof Anand Kumar Tripathi, Pro-Vice Chancellor.
RRU Vice Chancellor Prof (Dr) Bimal N Patel said, “The collaboration between IAF and RRU will facilitate IAF personnel to undertake various courses in Defence and Strategic Studies, Artificial Intelligence & Cyber Security, Applied Science, Engineering & Technology and Foreign Languages. Further, the MoU will promote R&D in the field of National and Internal Security. The University will also extend accreditation to IAF training establishments.”
Speaking on the occasion, Chief of the Air Staff said, “While conventional domains of conflict have consistently been evolving, new non-kinetic and non-lethal means of warfare are also being used. Knowledge is becoming a central resource in the information age, and strategy and geopolitics are being increasingly affected by information.”
“There has been a paradigm shift in the nature of security threats, and newer ways of pursuing strategic objectives are coming to life. These are also creating newer and unknown vulnerabilities. These challenging security dynamics will continue to pose tough choices and would require novel and innovative solutions,” the IAF chief said.
Air Marshal Vikram Singh, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), South Western Air Command (SWAC) and Lt. Gen. Asit Mistri, Director, SISDSS were also present at the event.
