Defence Institute of Advanced Technology

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Defence Institute of Advanced Technology

Logo of the Defence Institute of Advanced Technology
Former names	Institute of Armament Studies (1952–1967) Institute of Armament Technology (1967–2006)
Motto	शास्त्रेण श‌स्त्रं प्रकरेति रक्षाम् (Sanskrit)
Type	Deemed to be University
Established	1952; 72 years ago (1952)
Accreditation	NAAC; NBA
Academic affiliations	AICTE
Chancellor	(Honorary) Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister
Vice-Chancellor	Dr. C. P. Ramnarayanan
Academic staff	79 (2022)[1]
Students	565 (2022)[1]
Postgraduates	415 (2022)[1]
Doctoral students	150 (2022)[1]
Location	Pune , Maharashtra , India 18°25′27″N 73°45′30″E / 18.42417°N 73.75833°E / 18.42417; 73.75833
Website	www.diat.ac.in

The Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT) is the premier engineering training institute under the Department of Defence Research & Development, Ministry of Defence, and Government of India. DIAT (DU) specializes in training officers from Defence Research Organizations, IOFS (Indian Ordnance Factories),^[2] Defence PSUs (like Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bharat Electronics, Bharat Dynamics Limited), ship building agencies (like Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, Cochin and Goa Shipyards), Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, armed forces of friendly countries (like Sri Lanka and Afghanistan,), and other central and state governmental agencies.

India's Ministry of Human Resource Development has placed DIAT in the Category 'A' Deemed University. DIAT is also accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council and National Board of Accreditation. Over the past years, researchers in DIAT have filed over 50 patent applications with the Indian Patent Office and published^[3] over 2000 papers in various journals of international repute.