{"id":21028,"date":"2024-10-06T18:45:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T13:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/?p=21028"},"modified":"2024-10-06T18:45:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T13:15:41","slug":"indigenous-defence-innovations-for-self-reliance-raksha-mantri-rajnath-singh-to-inaugurate-defconnect-4-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/2024\/10\/06\/indigenous-defence-innovations-for-self-reliance-raksha-mantri-rajnath-singh-to-inaugurate-defconnect-4-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous defence innovations for self-reliance: Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh to inaugurate DefConnect 4.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh will, on October 07, 2024, inaugurate DefConnect 4.0 at Manekshaw Centre, Delhi Cantt, a significant step towards advancing indigenous innovation and celebrating the growing defence ecosystem of the country. The event is being organised by Innovations for Defence Excellence &#8211; Defence Innovation Organisation (iDEX-DIO), under Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">DefConnect 4.0 marks a milestone in India&#8217;s defence innovation journey, bringing together the Armed Forces, Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs), industry leaders, innovators, start-ups and MSMEs, academia, incubators, investors and policymakers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event will feature an exciting Technology Showcase, presenting iDEX innovators with a unique opportunity to exhibit their cutting-edge technologies, advanced capabilities and ground-breaking products. This showcase is designed to engage a diverse audience of stakeholders, fostering collaboration and sparking dialogue that drives innovation forward with focus on forging powerful collaborations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">DefConnect 4.0 will feature launches and announcements by Raksha Mantri, alongside interactive and engaging sessions featuring industry leaders and defence stalwarts. The event will also include a themed session focusing on recent budget announcements, key takeaways for the defence innovation ecosystem, and the latest initiatives in the semiconductor domain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Till date, iDEX has launched 11 editions of Defence India Start-up Challenges, and has garnered over 9,000 applications. It is currently collaborating with more than 450 start-ups\/MSMEs on important projects. Launched by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in 2018, iDEX continues to provide a unified platform for various stakeholders in the defence and aerospace sectors, contributing to the vision of Viksit Bharat by 2047.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh will, on October 07, 2024, inaugurate DefConnect 4.0 at Manekshaw Centre, Delhi Cantt, a significant step towards advancing indigenous innovation and celebrating the growing defence ecosystem of the country. The event is being organised by Innovations for Defence Excellence &#8211; Defence Innovation Organisation (iDEX-DIO), under Department of Defence Production, Ministry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":106422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52905],"tags":[42577],"class_list":["post-21028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-national","tag-rajnath-singh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}