Pune: Webinar On “Expedition towards Self Reliance In High Explosive Technologies” Held At HEMRL
Bavdhan, 28th February 2022: ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ is an initiative of Govt. of India to celebrate and commemorate the 75 years of progressive India and the glorious history of its people, culture and achievements. On this occasion, High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL), Sutarwadi, Pune, a DRDO establishment under the Ministry of Defence celebrated the Mahotsav by conducting various activities with a focus on the theme of “Atmanirbhar Bharat”.
In this event, achievements of HEMRL in the field of high explosive technologies were presented, discussed and deliberated with an aim of creating further synergy for collaborations with academia and industry partners. National Science Day and webinar on “Expedition towards Self Reliance in High Explosive Technologies” were organised on 28 February 2022 at Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Auditorium, DRDO Complex, Pashan, Pune.
The function was inaugurated by Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Anjan Mukharjee PVSM, AVSM (Retd.) in presence of Pravin K Mehta, DS & DG (ACE), AVM SJ Nanodkar VM, VSM, AVSM (Retd.) and KPS Murthy, OS & Director HEMRL, Pune. The program comprised of invited lectures by eminent personalities from the Indian Army, Indian Air Force and DRDO. It was attended by the student community, industry and other research organisations both in online and offline mode from all over the country and abroad.
Shri KPS Murthy OS & Director called on young scientists, academia and industry partners to take interest in the pursuit of defence-related technologies/research to achieve ’Atma Nirbhar Bharat’.
PK Mehta stated that by way of research & development, HEMRL has achieved self-reliance in the areas of High Energy Materials Research/technologies. It is essential that these technologies must be absorbed by private partners to achieve self-reliance and become a developed country.
Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Anjan Mukharjee PVSM, AVSM (Retd.) emphasized the importance of thermobaric munitions and their futuristic requirements for the services. He clearly brought out that research and development work on thermobaric composition by HEMRL, Pune, truly falls under “Make in India” (Atmanirbhar) concept. The development of thermobaric munitions by HEMRL, Pune has placed the country among the elite club of Nations.
AVM Nanodkar, VM, VSM, AVSM (Retd.) discussed the requirement of various types of bombs for the Indian Air force in the globally changing security scenario. He emphasized the need to adopt technology for the recovery, recycle and reuse (R3) of explosives extracted from the shelf life expired munitions. The webinar imparted rich experience to students, researchers and industry partners on recent trends in High Explosive Technologies and it ignited interest in young minds in the area of defence technologies.
