Defence Minister to preside over 12th convocation ceremony of DIAT, Pune

Pune: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will preside over the 12th convocation ceremony of the Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT) at Girinagar in Pune on May 15, 2023.

Defence Minister is the chancellor of the institute, while Dr Samir V Kamat, Secretary of the Department of Defence R&D, and Chairman of DRDO is the Chairman of DIAT's Governing Body . Singh will deliver the convocation address and confer degrees to the graduating students, which also includes serving officers of the Armed Forces and other key institutions.

DIAT is an autonomous body under the Department of Defence Research and Development in the Ministry of Defence. It came into being as the Institute of Armament Studies in 1952 in the CME campus. In 1967, the Institute was renamed as "Institute of Armament Technology, (IAT)", which moved to its present location at Girinagar, Pune.

From the relatively narrow scope of Armament Studies alone in the Fifties, the role of the Institute was considerably enlarged by the Defence R&D Council in 1964 and further in 1981. On the basis of accreditation by the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), Pune University recognised eight courses for the award of ME degree in 1980. In the year 2000, the Institute acquired the status of a Deemed to be University. IAT has been renamed as DIAT w.e.f. 1st April 2006.

It conducts various academic programs such as PhD, MTech and Master of Science (by Research) and many customised short courses in defence and related technologies for officers of the Army, Navy and Air Force, scientists of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and other establishments of the Ministry of Defence, government agencies as well as civilian students and engineers working in industries.

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