New Delhi, Nov. 28 -- A screening committee must be set up to identify and support MSMEs in defence sector that could contribute to the iDEX challenge, suggested Rakesh Chhabra, President, Rai Industrial Area Association while addressing an Outreach Event on Mission DEFSPACE on Sunday.

He spoke about more platforms and forums for collaboration between Industry and Academia and stressed that given the MSME contribution of 30% to India's GDP, their participation and role in the fostering DEFSPACE is very important.

The event was organized by FITT (Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer) and iDEX (Innovation for Defence Excellence).

Its theme was to foster collaboration between Academia and Industry in the domain of Space and D...