Ahmedabad: There is a great scope for modern technologies such as artificial intelligence, cyber security and cyber resilience in the Indian Navy, according to the chairman and managing director of Naval Group India. Rear Admiral (retd) Rahul Kumar Shrawat was speaking at a design event organised by a private university near Ahmedabad.
“We have achieved great self-reliance in shipbuilding. Over 40 ships on order are being constructed in Indian shipyards. We have the ability in the Indian Navy to bring equipment and weaponry from other countries and integrate them here. However, modern trends such as artificial intelligence, cyber security and cyber resilience are areas where greater effort and focus is needed,” said Shrawat, who addressed the session organised as part of Ahmedabad Design Week 3.0 at Karnavati University.
“The union government has allocated 25% of the defence research and development budget for industries, startups and academia. Moreover, 68% of the capital procurement has been earmarked for domestic industry. This is a big step towards achieving atmanirbharta… the government is laying greater emphasis on locally manufactured products. Indian startups and MSMEs have a big role to play here,” Shrawat further added.
“It is unrealistic to imagine zero imports overnight. We are the biggest importers. However, moving towards zero imports is important,” he said.
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