Kannur, May 30 -- Jaitheerth E Joshi, Director General of BrahMos Aerospace, has stressed the urgent need for robust collaboration between defence research, academic institutions, and industry to create hands-on-ready engineers, particularly for the Indian Navy and other defence services.

Speaking to ANI on the sidelines of the 25th convocation Ceremony held at the Indian Naval Academy (INA) in Kerala's Kannur, Joshi underlined the transformative role of emerging technologies, artificial intelligence, and machine learning in modern warfare and praised the Navy's proactive steps in adapting to these domains.

Highlighting the unique training needs of naval engineers, who often operate without ground support, Joshi said, "Naval cadets trai...