IIT Madras hosts national workshop on next-gen laser technologies

The objective was to discuss how India can advance in the field of laser systems and develop the technology indigenously. The workshop was organised by the DRDO Industry Academia – Ramanujan Centre of Excellence, IIT Madras, and the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras.  

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras hosted a workshop on next generation laser technologies as part of the golden jubilee celebrations of Office of Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research (IC&SR), IIT Madras. 

The objective was to bring together experts from across the country and discuss how India can advance in the field of laser systems and develop the technology indigenously. The workshop was organised by the DRDO Industry Academia – Ramanujan Centre of Excellence (DIA-RCoE), IIT Madras, and the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras.  

Considering the domination of drones in the sky and in the sea, lasers are being explored for weapon, communication and many more applications.  In order to achieve ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ in this domain, the workshop intends to lay an approach for futuristic development after brainstorming and panel discussion among the professors, industry experts, scientists and researchers for development of technology and systems for defence services. 

Haribabu Srivastava, Director General (Technology Management), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), said, “The speed with which other countries are moving forward in this technology is tremendous and we need to move fast as well and reduce the gap between India and rest of the world. We need to take current capabilities to where the world is today and marshall the resources required to achieve this. The technology should be home-grown and not imported.”   

Professors from IIT Mandi, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Hyderabad, IISc Bengaluru, and IIT Madras, delivered talks on laser technology.  Prof V Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, said, “We need to establish a ‘Defence Incubator’ that will develop technologies not only for the strategic sectors but will also have civilian uses. The civilian applications will lead to commercialisation, which will generate funds to ensure sustainability of the products being developed. ‘Atmanirbhar’ can be achieved only when defence sector products have a civilian component as well.” 

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