The 19th National Technology Day was observed in the tricity. The event was organized by Chandigarh Region Innovation and knowledge Cluster (CRIKC) at Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL), Ramgarh Panchkula. All the scientific organizations such as Panjab University, IISER, NABI and CSIR-IMTECH celebrated this day. The vice chancellor of Panjab University, Prof Arun Grover originated the idea for setting up CRIKC to facilitate innovation and knowledge. The movement was started with the seven to eight institutes to realize the dream of CRIKC. It has now grown to a network of 25 institutes. The director of CSIR-IMTECH, Mr. Anil Koul was the Chief Orator of the event. He presented the technologies that were developed by the CRIKC members and highlighted the knowledge base, startups and infrastructure that already existed but there is a need to build an ecosystem for delivery of Innovative products.




National Technology Day

National Technology Day is a very special day in the history of India since 1999. On this day, India achieved a huge technological advancement. The first indigenous aircraft ‘Hansa-3’ was test flown at Bangalore on this day. Also, the country performed successful test firing of the Trishul Missile on this same day. India also executed three successful Nuclear Tests, carried out at Pokhran, in Rajasthan May 11.

Pokhran II was the series of five nuclear bomb test explosions conducted by India at the Indian Army’s Pokhran Test Range in May 1998. It was the second Indian nuclear test; the first test, code-named Smiling Buddha, was conducted in May 1974. It consisted of five detonations of which the first was a fusion bomb and the remaining four were fission bombs. These nuclear tests resulted in a variety of sanctions against India by a number of major states, including Japan and the United States.

On 11 May, 1998 Operation Shakti (Pokhran-II) was commenced with the detonation of one fusion and two fission bombs.

11th May has been officially declared as National Technology Day by the Indian Government. This day is celebrated to hounour the first of the five Nuclear Tests that were carried out o this day.