New Delhi, Dec. 23 -- The Centre for Joint Warfare Studies (CENJOWS), in collaboration with IP Bazzaar, organised a closed-door, high-level Tech Talk on "Minerals That Matter: Geopolitics, Sovereignty & Value Chains" on 17 December 2025 in New Delhi, focusing on the strategic importance of critical minerals in India's national security and industrial planning.

Delivering the keynote address, Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC), underscored that critical minerals have become central to defence preparedness, technological sovereignty and capability development.

He noted that advanced defence platforms including jet engines, missiles, precision-guided munitions, rad...