About Defence Innovators and Industry Association in DIIA Secretariat, 309, Mercantile House, 15 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, Connaught Place, New Delhi

DIIA is a coalition of Industrialists, Innovators, Scholars and Ex-officers (civil as well as defence), working in partnership with the Government of India. We seek to solve the crisis of ‘foreign arms dependence’ of India via a policy shift to ‘Design, Develop and Make in India’. Defence Manufacturers and Service providers of all sizes- Large, Medium and Small, are the committed backbone of our coalition.

DIIA was born after years of hard work done by the High Tech Defence Innovation Forum – started by Defence Innovation Forum – started by Smt. Smita Purushottam – to get people involved who thought that Innovation was very important in Defence. The group members of the forum, led by Ms Smita Purushottam, have dedicated themselves to fight against status quo while stressing the importance of innovation. DIIA is the outcome of the very hard work done by numerous members of this forum and has been inspired by the ideas, passion and dedication provided by the Group.

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