Northern Army Commander test fires newly inducted ASMI machine pistols
Northern Army Commander Lt General M V Suchindra Kumar on Saturday reviewed and carried out firing of the newly inducted indigenous ASMI (Asmita) machine pistols at Udhampur.
Lt. General Ranbir Singh, Army Commander, Northern Command, stressed the importance of initiatives that make India attain self-sufficiency in developing future technologies on its own and its role in feeding the Make in India programme.
The Army Commander was addressing 322 young interns from various districts of Jammu attending the Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) Science Internship Camp at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), Katra, on Friday.
He cited the example, that nations which harness Science and Technology (S&T) are destined to become great powers which is essential for peace.
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He introduced the interns to the role of S&T in Army and said that Army as an institution has vast opportunities to pursue various fields of Science and Technology. He said that Army over the years has acquired and developed cutting edge technologies in the area of communication, IT, space technology etc and the same was undergoing constant development through in-house R&D.
The Army Commander said that there will always be scope and need of people who have perused R&D in Science and Technology both in Army and civilian domains.
He urged the interns to peruse S&T and acquire skill set necessary for the development of future technologies. At the end the Army Commander also took on some questions from students, wished them the very best and exhorted them to exploit their intellectual capacities for nation building.
Earlier Dr. Sanjeev Jain, Vice Chancellor, SMVD University, welcomed the Army Commander and expressed his gratefulness to him for visiting the University and mentoring the young interns of the Camp.
While speaking on the occasion he said that in a short span of time SMVD University has made a mark at national level through its state of the art infrastructure, highly qualified faculty and motivated students. He also thanked the Department of Science and Technology for their continuing support to the INSPIRE Camps.
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