Innovations for Defense Excellence (iDEX), launched by Prime Minister Modi in 2018, gives a uniform stage to multiple partners in the defence and aviation area. It behaves like an umbrella association to regulate technology advancement and prospective coordinated efforts in the field.
Innovation has turned out to be the main component in deciding the potent strength of a country in present-day military conflicts. Stages like iDEX empower the defence forces to observe disruptive solutions for complex difficulties through its lead programs like Defense India Startup Challenges (DISC) and Open Challenges (OC), which will act to be the vital parts for the military technology of the future. In accordance with this, the Indian Navy has effectively submitted a Supply Order with an iDEX winner, Saif Automations Services LLP.
To date, iDEX has floated five rounds of DISC, and three rounds of OC, which has received over 2,000 application submissions from discrete pioneers and entrepreneurs. Besides, iDEX has funded projects in multiple technological regions through its Grant-in-Aid system, Support for Prototype and Research Kick start (SPARK), which involves the furnishing of the grant up to Rs 1.50 crore to the upcoming business visionaries.
As the most anticipated biennial occasion, Defense Expo 2022, is round the corner, the iDEX is prepared to display the startups and grant the winners during its Manthan event. This year’s iDEX will likewise be marking the Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) with three new partner incubators, who are the pioneers in venture development, science and technology.
As iDEX is growing, it will launch an event, which will be called Invest4iDEX, which will invite investors and investors, all the while providing the startups with the opportunity to pitch their ideas and innovations in front of the live crowd and influence the chance to create investments and leads in the future.
Technological advancement has turned out to be the vital ingredient of the speed of cultural development and it reclassifies social boundaries with special results. The iDEX has always been at the very front of development in the matter of defence and inward security, and a large portion of its activities likewise has enormous civilian applications: quantum calculation, AI/prescient support/operations/information investigation, security/encryption, correspondence, and so on.
Furthermore, the iDEX will launch the 6th version of DISC with 29 new issue explanations from Defense Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Indian Coast Guard (ICG).
The iDEX can use India’s solid science, innovation and exploration ability base to foster new capacities in defence development. The comprehension of the upcoming entrepreneurs and startups toward the need of sensifying the crowd towards defence advancement is exceedingly being accompanied by the help given through this scheme.
