Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh felicitates winners of DRDO Dare to Dream 2.0 contest & 2019 DRDO Young Scientists awards
- The Union Minister of Defence Shri Rajnath Singh gave away the awards to the winners of ‘Dare to Dream 2.0’ Contest of Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) in New Delhi on October 04, 2021.
- 40 winners, which included 22 in Individual category and 18 in Startup category have been felicitated with the award.
- Meanwhile Shri Rajnath Singh also launched ‘Dare to Dream 3.0’ contest.
- Dare to Dream is a pan-India contest by DRDO to promote Indian academicians, individuals, innovators and startups and provide a platform for the young ignited minds in the country, to develop emerging defence and aerospace technologies/systems.
- The winners gets technical and financial support by DRDO for realisation of their ideas under the Technology Development Fund (TDF) scheme.
- Besides this, the minister also gave away DRDO Young Scientists awards for the year 2019.
- The award were conferred upon sixteen DRDO scientists, under the age of 35 years, for their outstanding contribution in areas of their expertise.