Defence Research and Development Organisation and York University, Canada, have signed a memorandum of understanding.
The agreement will facilitate the two partners to pursue collaborative
defence research in the areas of advanced materials, nanotechnology,
life sciences, bio-informatics, chemical and biological defence,
sensors, and others. Both sides have planned a number of joint projects
in the time to come.
The Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister and Chief of the Defence
Organisation, V.K. Saraswat, and Robert Hache’, Vice-President Research
& Innovation, York University, signed the pact during the visit of
the Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in New Delhi.
In a press release the Defence organisation said York University is one
of the research centres of Defence R&D Canada (DRDC) of the Canadian
Department of National Defence. It specialises in developing
technologies for chemical and biological defence, counter-terrorism,
soldier as a system and likewise other defence applications.
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