Visakhapatnam: ‘National Technology Day’ celebrated at Naval Science and Technological Laboratory

Visakhapatnam : National Technology Day was observed on Thursday to commemorate the successful nuclear test, Operation Shakti (Pokhran-II) conducted on May 11, 1998 in Pokhran, Rajasthan.

Marking the occasion and in commemoration of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL), the premier naval research laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), organised an informative and impressive programme.

Director of NSTL Y Sreenivas Rao attended as chief guest of the event, while Director of Indian Institute of Information Technology along with Design and Manufacturing (IIITDM) D V L N Somayajulu as guest of honour.

In his speech, Sreenivas Rao informed that with the continuous efforts of scientists and technologists, nearly 95 per cent of the components of the missiles and torpedoes being developed by DRDO are indigenous. He expressed strong belief that with the combined involvement of public, private organisations and academic institutions, the country would become a top nation in research and development.

Speaking on the occasion, D V L N Somayajulu gave an insightful talk on the importance of global technology interventions in the development of advanced systems. He touched various concepts like disruptive and global technologies, business intelligence, data science, data analytics, generative Artificial Intelligence.

About 6,200 students visited the open house and exhibition during May 9 and 10.

Dr G N Rao explained in detail the background and how Operation Shakti was executed with the code name ‘Laughing Buddha’ in May 1998 and ‘Mission Shakti’ in May 2019. He told confidently that DRDO creates history with full utilisation of state-of-the art technological advancements.

A total of 96 models were received from 10 schools and 12 colleges and out of them, 43 models were selected for display in the open house.