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DRDO ties up with Ramdev to market supplements, food products
DRDO entered into licensing agreements with Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurveda Limited for transfer of sea buckthorn technology based products developed by Defence Institute of High Altitude Research. (TOI file photo by Balish Ahuja)
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DRDO on Sunday entered into licensing agreements with Ramdev's company for transfer of sea buckthorn technology based products developed by Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR).
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The technology has been transferred under the DRDO FICCI ATAC (Accelerated Technology Assessment & Commercialization) programme that has been established to identify spin-off technologies for commercial markets within India and abroad, with a special focus on social benefit technologies, an official statement said.
DIHAR, a frontier laboratory of DRDO which is located in Leh with detachments in the strategic Siachen sector has pioneered cold arid-agro animal technologies for augmenting local availability of fresh food in the region.
The laboratory, through its translational laboratory to land approach, develops technologies for fresh food cultivation, poultry, goat and dairy farming and green house cultivation which are disseminated to the local farmers.
Speaking on the occasion, defence minister Manohar Parrikar said sea buckthorn is a unique product.
"Apart from what has been commercialized, there are many more applications which Patanjali Ayurveda could explore to exploit the full potential of sea buckthorn," he said.
Parrikar wanted Patanjali Ayurveda to bring many more health products to exploit the full potential of the technologies beyond what DIHAR has found out.
He added that DRDO in collaboration with FICCI under DRDO FICCI ATAC programme is striving to commercialise more and more spin off technologies for the benefit of society at large.
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DRDO chief S Cristopher mentioned that DIHAR has been relentlessly working for development of products which in addition to their usefulness for armed forces has tremendous commercial potential in India and abroad.
"The benefits of the research done by DIHAR will help the local population to derive the economic benefits," he said.
While giving an overview, Bhuvnesh Kumar, director, DIHAR said that the farmers adopt the technologies developed by his scientists and sell their produce to the Army.
"This unique approach not only results in local availability of fresh food but also results in socio-economic development of Ladakh and stronger civil-military cooperation in this strategically important region," the statement quoted him as saying.
DRDO ties up with Ramdev to market supplements, food products - The Times of India
DRDO entered into licensing agreements with Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurveda Limited for transfer of sea buckthorn technology based products developed by Defence Institute of High Altitude Research. (TOI file photo by Balish Ahuja)
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DRDO on Sunday entered into licensing agreements with Ramdev's company for transfer of sea buckthorn technology based products developed by Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR).
READ ALSO: Ramdev expands empire beyond yoga to FMCG, business poised to touch Rs 2,000cr this fiscal
The technology has been transferred under the DRDO FICCI ATAC (Accelerated Technology Assessment & Commercialization) programme that has been established to identify spin-off technologies for commercial markets within India and abroad, with a special focus on social benefit technologies, an official statement said.
DIHAR, a frontier laboratory of DRDO which is located in Leh with detachments in the strategic Siachen sector has pioneered cold arid-agro animal technologies for augmenting local availability of fresh food in the region.
The laboratory, through its translational laboratory to land approach, develops technologies for fresh food cultivation, poultry, goat and dairy farming and green house cultivation which are disseminated to the local farmers.
Speaking on the occasion, defence minister Manohar Parrikar said sea buckthorn is a unique product.
"Apart from what has been commercialized, there are many more applications which Patanjali Ayurveda could explore to exploit the full potential of sea buckthorn," he said.
Parrikar wanted Patanjali Ayurveda to bring many more health products to exploit the full potential of the technologies beyond what DIHAR has found out.
He added that DRDO in collaboration with FICCI under DRDO FICCI ATAC programme is striving to commercialise more and more spin off technologies for the benefit of society at large.
READ ALSO: Ramdev's Patanjali biggest domestic buyer of red sanders
DRDO chief S Cristopher mentioned that DIHAR has been relentlessly working for development of products which in addition to their usefulness for armed forces has tremendous commercial potential in India and abroad.
"The benefits of the research done by DIHAR will help the local population to derive the economic benefits," he said.
While giving an overview, Bhuvnesh Kumar, director, DIHAR said that the farmers adopt the technologies developed by his scientists and sell their produce to the Army.
"This unique approach not only results in local availability of fresh food but also results in socio-economic development of Ladakh and stronger civil-military cooperation in this strategically important region," the statement quoted him as saying.
DRDO ties up with Ramdev to market supplements, food products - The Times of India
............ what is this world coming too ?
You are one of the most sarcastic natured person I've ever come across.
