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This week I’m covering the Indian Naval Students Technical Engagement Programme (IN STEP). This is the internship programme of #NIIO. 1/n
Lots of people (especially students) have been asking me for details after news of an MoU being signed with @IMU_HQ came out in the media this month. How do you apply? Whom do you contact? Does your college have a role to play? 2/n 
IN STEP aims to engage students in premier technical institutes (undergrad, postgrad and doctoral) through an online 5 month internship. The participating colleges are termed ‘IN STEP Knowledge Partners’. Knowledge partners designate one professor as a Point of Contact (PoC). 3/n
Thank you all for the very positive feedback on my weekly posts. As requested by some of you, I’m compiling this ‘thread of threads’ for ease of reference. Each tweet in this thread covers one topic
#SPRINT was covered on 02 Apr (before that a number of snippets had been put out over the course of the week covering individual projects)
This week I’ll cover avenues for financial support for #startups / other industry by the Technology Development Board (TDB) @tdbgoi. Defence *is* one of the areas supported by TDB, but many defence startups are not aware of the scheme.
No…the TDB and TDF are not related. 1/n
No…the TDB and TDF are not related. 1/n
TDB - setup in Sept 1996 under the Technology Development Board Act (1995) - is a statutory body under the Dept. of Science & Technology @IndiaDST. A 1st of its kind organisation within the govt framework, its sole objective is commercializing fruits of indigenous research. 2/n
TDB has been doing good work across multiple sectors. For example, the new terminal at the Chennai airport uses sky lighting domes for building atriums developed by @skyshade__. Skyshade is a TDB beneficiary…as are many others.3/n
Starting this week, I’ll compile (weekly) information about #NIIO #TDAC & #SPRINT from information available in various press releases,articles, speeches and books. The 🧵 this week is about the launch of the Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Organisation and it’s structures…
#NIIO was launched by Hon’ble Raksha Mantri @rajnathsingh on 13 August 2020. Dedicated structures were created for the end users to interact with academia & industry towards fostering innovation and indigenisation for self-reliance in defence
The Defence Acquisition Policy 2020 (DAP 20) envisaged Service HQs setting up IIOs within existing resources. @indiannavy already had a functional & dynamic Directorate of Indigenisation. NIIO was to build upon these indigenisation initiatives, as well as focus on ‘innovation’
