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Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Girinagar, Pune
The Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT), located in Girinagar, Pune, is the premier engineering training institute under the Department of Defence Research & Development, Ministry of Defence, Government of India. Originally founded in 1952 as the Indian Armament Studies by Patrick Blackett and D. S. Kothari, it was renamed the Institute of Armament Technology (IAT) in 1967 and moved to Girinagar, Pune. Its scope was expanded by the Defence R&D Council in 1964 and 1981. In 1980, Pune University recognized eight courses for the ME degree based on AICTE accreditation. In 2000, the institute became a Deemed University, and in 2006 it was renamed DIAT. DIAT provides postgraduate (MTech) and PhD education to civilians, officers from Defence Research Organizations, Indian Ordnance Factories, Defence PSUs, shipbuilding agencies, and armed forces of friendly countries such as Sri Lanka and Nigeria. It holds Category 'A' Deemed University status from India's Ministry of Human Resource Development and is accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council and the National Board of Accreditation. DIAT ranked 35th under the university category in India's first National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2016, and is supported by 52 DRDO, Defence PSU, and armed forces laboratories for collaborative research.
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