Defence Research and Development Organisation

DRDO Industry Academia Centres of Excellence (DIA-CoEs)

DRDO establishes DIA-CoE at premier and capable academic Institutes and Universities in the country to build Directed Research Eco-system through collaboration among DRDO labs, Academia and Startups/Industries. DIA-CoEs will pursue research both in developing the cutting-edge technologies and in the areas of denied defence technologies.

The primary aim of establishing such DIA-CoEs is to harness & synergize the combined strength of academia, student community, research fellows, niche technology industries & DRDO scientist to provide impetus to research & innovations in identified futuristic defence technological domains. These DIA-CoEs will boost & sustain development of advanced technologies for future defence systems and platforms through multi-disciplinary & multi-institutional collaborative efforts. DRDO has established 15 Nos. of DIA-CoEs so far. Following are the research verticals of these CoEs:

1.

DRDO Industry Academia Centre of Excellence,
IIT Delhi (DIA-CoE, IITD)

• Advanced Ballistics and Protection Technologies
• Advanced Electromagnetic Devices and Terahertz Technologies
• Brain Computer Interface and Brain Machine Intelligence
• Photonic Technologies, Plasmonics, Laser and Quantum Photonics
• Smart and Intelligent Textile Technologies

Email: mh[dot]rahman[dot]adminhead[at]admin[dot]iitd[dot]ac[dot]in
Webpage:https://home.iitd.ac.in/centres-of-excellence.php

2.

DRDO Industry Academia Centre of Excellence,
IIT Bombay (DIA-CoE, IITB)

• Aero Engine: (Small Turbo Fan Engine & Large Aero Engine)
• Solid Propellant Combustion modelling
• Morphing Wing Aircraft technology
• Hypersonic Propulsion

Email: director[dot]copt[at]aero[dot]iitb[dot]ac[dot]in
Webpage:https://www.iitb.ac.in/taxonomy/term/142

3.

DRDO Industry Academia Centre of Excellence,
IIT Madras (DIA-RCoE, IITM)

• Electronics and Computational Systems
• Naval Systems and Naval Technologies
• Advanced Combat Vehicle Technologies
• High Power CW Laser Sources

Email: director[hyphen]diarcoe[at]imail[dot]iitm[dot]ac[dot]in
 

4.

DRDO Industry Academia Centre of Excellence,
University of Hyderabad (DIA-CoE, UoH)

• High energy materials
• Energetic polymers and nanomaterials
• Laser based technologies for detection and discrimination and initiation of HEMs and Chemicals

Email: sc_bhattacharyya[at]uohyd[dot]ac[dot]in
 

5.

DRDO Industry Academia Centre of Excellence,
Gujarat University (DIA-SVPCoE, GU)

• Vulnerability Discovery and Exploitation
• IoT Security
• Malware Analysis
• Cryptocurrency Analysis and Dark Web
• Big Data Analytics

Email: vmpadhiar[at]gujaratuniversity[dot]ac[dot]in
Webpage:https://diasvpcoe.gujaratuniversity.ac.in/Home/about_svpcoe

6.

DRDO Industry Academia Centre of Excellence,
IISc Bangalore (DIA-RCoE, IISc)

• Aerospace Systems & Materials
• High Temperature Materials for aero engine
• Micro and Nano Systems Science and Technology
• Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for aerial applications
• Quantum Sensing & Metrology
• Strategic Technology Studies

Email: sudhirkamath[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in
 

7.

DRDO Industry Academia Centre of Excellence, 
Mizoram University (DIA-CoE, MZU)

• Management of Agro-Bio Resources
• Environment & waste management
• Post-Harvest Management
• MEMS based sensor
• Advanced electromagnetic & high frequency electronics design system

Email: diw_tiwari[at]yahoo[dot]com
Webpage:https://mzu.edu.in/drdo-industry-academia-centre-of-excellence

 

 

8.

DRDO Industry Academia Centre of Excellence, 
Central University of Jammu (DIA-KCoE, CUJ)

• Computational System Security
• Sensors based on semiconductors

Email: director[dot]kcst[at]cujammu[dot]ac[dot]in
 

9.

DRDO Industry Academia Centre of Excellence, 
Bharthiar University (DIA-CoE, BU)

• Biosensors, micro fuel cells and gas sensors
• Environmental toxicity management

Email: kganesan[dot]diacoe[at]buc.edu.in
Webpage:https://b-u.ac.in/150/drdo-industry-academia-centre-excellence-bu

10.

DRDO Industry Academia Centre of Excellence, 
IIT Hyderabad (DIA-CoE, IITH)

• Ultra- High Temperature Materials for Hypersonic Vehicles
• Artificial Intelligence for Missile and Missile Defence
• Technologies for Space Application
• Adaptive Imaging and Image Processing
• Nanoornithopter Technologies
• Seeker and Homing Technologies
• Additive Manufacturing

Email: director[dot]diacoe[at]iith[dot]ac[dot]in
 

11.

DRDO Industry Academia Centre of Excellence, 
IIT BHU (DIA-CoE, IITBHU)

• Powder Metallurgy
• Electronic Functional Materials
• High Power Micro Wave Sources and Devices

Email: tapash[dot]dia[hyphen]coe[at]itbhu[dot]ac[dot]in
 

12.

DRDO Industry Academia Centre of Excellence, 
IIT Jodhpur (DIA-CoE, IITJ)

• Desert Warfare Technologies
• Futuristic Omni Mobility Systems
• AI for information and Wargaming Technologies

Email: director[at]dia-coe.iitj[dot]ac[dot]in
 

13.

DRDO Industry Academia Centre of Excellence, 
IIT Kanpur (DIA-CoE, IITK)

• Printing on Flexible Substrates
• Advanced Nanomaterials
• Accelerated Material design and development
• High Energy Materials
• Bio- Engineering

Email: sanjay[at]iitk[dot]ac[dot]in
Webpage:https://iitk.ac.in/dord/diacoe/

14.

DRDO Industry Academia Centre of Excellence,
IIT Roorkee (DIA-CoE, IITR)

• Smart infrastructure and hardened structures for defence applications
• Energy storage device
• Landslide, Snow and avalanche studies
• Pulse lasers and Speciality Fibre
• Shock and Detonics
• Thermal Management

Email: 2009svin[at]gmail[dot]com
 

15.

DRDO Industry Academia Centre of Excellence, 
IIT Kharagpur (DIA-CoE, IITKGP)

• Directed Energy System’s Technologies
• Unmanned Underwater Robotic Technologies
• Cognitive Technologies and Cyber Physical Defence Systems
• Quality, reliability and safety studies

Email: dkdasabcd[at]gmail[dot]com
Webpage:https://www.iitkgp.ac.in/department/DR