New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- The maiden Tri Services Academia Tech Symposium (T-SATS), a landmark two-day initiative aimed at synergising the Services-Academia R&D ecosystem, concluded on September 23 at the Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi, the Ministry of Defence said in a release.

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan presided over the closing ceremony, which was attended by Minister of State (MoS) Defence Sanjay Seth and Chief of the Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi.

The symposium brought together top minds from the armed forces, academia and research institutions to accelerate indigenous defence research and innovation. It provided an opportunity to academia, especially scholars and innovators, to present their research studies and in...