Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) organized a national seminar on "Indigenous Technology Base for Growth of Aerospace Ecosystem" by bringing together various stakeholders in aerospace on a common platform as part of its 75 year celebrations, at Dr. V M Ghatge Convention Centre, at Bangalore recently.

"This seminar is an opportune mechanism for creating a confluence of knowledge on recent advancements in indigenous cutting-edge technologies," said Mr T Suvarna Raju, CMD, HAL. "It is our constant endeavour to lead the sector in providing collaborative support to the aerospace community and creating an ecosystem for aviation technology," he added.

Ajay Shankar, Chairman Expert Committee on Regulatory Approvals, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) complimenting HAL on completing landmark 75 years and said that the nation should be proud of HAL's contributions. He said, "Aerospace is the frontier technology and we have acquired core strength of system design and system integration in the past three decades. We have the ability to innovate things and we could have the enormous success that we are capable of achieving."

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