- IIT Madras Centre of Excellence (CoE) has collaborated with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to develop Advanced Defence Technologies.
- IIT Madras CoE- ‘DRDO Industry Academia- Ramanujan Centre of Excellence’ (DIA-RCoE) will be conducting a directed research process to meet the national defence and security needs of the nation.
- DIA-RCoE was initially established by DRDO and then IIT Madras took it over.
- Director of DIA-RCoE: Dr. O.R. Nandagopan