IIT-Delhi, Troop Comforts Ltd sign MoU to develop Smart Protective Clothing for Indian Security Forces
Photo Credit: IIT-Delhi
MoU signing ceremony (Photo Credit: IIT-Delhi)
New Delhi | Troop Comforts Limited (TCL), a Government of India enterprise under the Ministry of Defence with headquarter at Kanpur, on Monday signed an MoU with the country’s leading research institution IIT Delhi to develop Smart Protective Clothing for the Indian Security Forces.
The TCL Group produces Troop Comfort Items for defence and paramilitary forces. The Group has four factories – Ordnance Equipment Factory, Kanpur, Ordnance Clothing Factory, Shahjahanpur (UP), Ordnance Clothing Factory, Avadi (TN) and Ordnance Equipment Factory, Hazratpur (UP).
Under the MoU, IIT Delhi and TCL will work in the area of research and development of garments and equipment for the security personnel deployed in the high-altitude areas like Siachen Glacier, clothing for protection from ballistic weapons and development of sensor fitted garments.
All the four TCL factories depending upon their requirements will assign projects to IIT Delhi for research and innovation. The scope of the collaboration will cover all the new fields including application of smart textiles to defence applications, integration of artificial intelligence in Troop Comfort Items and development of futuristic infantry solider as a system (Integration of Telecommunication & Health Monitoring Device).
Both organisations will constitute a Joint Working Group (JWG) to facilitate the initiation of the collaborative projects.
“Under the self-reliant India mission, this MoU with IIT Delhi will prove to be a milestone in the direction of making the country’s security forces empowered and modern,” said SK Sinha, CMD, TCL.
Professor, Sunil Kumar Khare, Dean R&D at IIT-Delhi said, “IIT Delhi’s Textile and Fibre Engineering Department is well-known for innovations in the area of smart textiles. It’s privilege for us to support our security forces through this MoU with TCL”.
By EP Web Desk
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