NSA Doval reveals how India-China clash led to India’s push for Aatmanirbhar Defence production

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Chinese have taken 12 yrs, & 300 bn $ to develop 5G. We don't have such time, & money. We wanted trusted sources. Withing 2 and 1/2 we were ingenious. We owe it to our private sector: NSA Ajit Doval

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00:00You know, something happened in 2020.

00:03It was slightly a bad experience for us.

00:05Certain decisions were taken.

00:07And one of the decisions that was taken is,

00:10we are going to completely indigenize our communication systems

00:15and 5G will not be imported from anywhere.

00:19At the same time, the country could not afford

00:23to lose the technology battle and remain behind.

00:26And, you know, something happened in 2020.

00:33It was slightly a bad experience for us.

00:35We had a certain, this thing with some,

00:38we had a little fight.

00:39Of course, ultimately, we were able to get everything, this thing.

00:43But certain decisions were taken.

00:45And one of the decisions that was taken is,

00:48we are going to completely indigenize our communication systems

00:54and 5G will not be imported from anywhere.

01:00It is necessary for our data protection.

01:02It is necessary for our communications.

01:04It was necessary for many security needs.

01:08At the same time,

01:11the country could not afford

01:12to lose the technology battle

01:14and remain behind

01:16and get decays there.

01:22Chinese have taken

01:24over 22 years

01:27and spent

01:29about 300 billion dollars

01:32for developing the 5G.

01:35We neither had that much of a time.

01:37I am sorry,

01:40Chinese took about 12 years,

01:41not 22 years,

01:4212 years.

01:44We neither had that sort of a time

01:45nor even that sort of a money.

01:49Whom did we turn to?

01:52And that is why I said

01:53I owe a lot to Professor Kamakoti.

01:54We came

01:57and I talked with him.

02:00We wanted trusted sources.

02:02We wanted

02:02the system

02:04along with the private sector

02:05to work out.

02:06And

02:06within about two and a half years,

02:08India was totally indigenous.

02:10And today's 5G,

02:11there is nothing for any of that.

02:14And we owe it to your age.

02:16We owe it to our private sector,

02:17we owe it to others.

02:18All contributed a lot.

02:20Today

02:21it ensures

02:21Professor Kamakoti

02:24has put a system in place

02:26that every

02:27screw that comes

02:29that deals with anything

02:31which has got

02:31or which leads to the nation's

02:34security protection

02:35of the data protection

02:36or the

02:37anything that is

02:39it comes from a trusted source.

02:42It is either made in India

02:43or it is something

02:45which is made by somebody

02:47who is very close to India.

02:48It comes from a trusted source.

02:50That concept

02:52was the same

02:54when he said

02:55how do we make

02:56our system

02:56totally insulated

02:58from any enemy

02:59influence and others

03:00and we said that

03:01we will work for that.

03:03It was

03:03it looks small

03:04but it is big.

03:07It is

03:07it is something that

03:08you

03:09you have done

03:10a lot

03:11for doing that.

03:12I was talking about

03:14that what could be

03:14the systems

03:15that would be

03:16important for us

03:18which would be

03:19the game changers.

03:20You all know it

03:22but I would like

03:22to emphasize it.

03:25Artificial intelligence

03:26is

03:28one of the

03:29great

03:30game changers.

03:32It

03:32took

03:33roughly

03:354.5

03:37million

03:37years

03:38for a man

03:41to discover

03:42invent fire

03:43which was

03:46one

03:46transformative

03:48technology.

03:49Fire

03:50changed the

03:51whole

03:53concept of

03:54the world

03:55the way

03:56the man lived.

03:59Another

03:59two lakh years

04:01this thing

04:01the wheel

04:02and

04:07then

04:07many

04:08such

04:08things

04:08came

04:08which

04:09we call

04:09as the

04:10thing

04:10which

04:10take a

04:11shorter

04:11time

04:11and

04:11rather

04:12your

04:12steam

04:13engine

04:13printing press

04:15computers

04:15and other

04:16things.

04:18The rate

04:19at which

04:20it was

04:20changing

04:20the world

04:21was changing

04:22artificial

04:23intelligence

04:24is going

04:24to change

04:25the world

04:25every year

04:26at that

04:27age.

04:27it will

04:30become

04:30unrecognizable

04:31from

04:31everything

04:32that we

04:33do

04:33today

04:33is

04:35probably

04:35changing

04:35and

04:35its

04:36applications

04:36will

04:37be

04:37diverse.

04:38It's not

04:39only required

04:39for your

04:40research and

04:40development

04:41for machine

04:41learning

04:42for large

04:43language

04:43models

04:43for defense

04:44robotics

04:45medical

04:46finance

04:46anywhere.

04:49If

04:49India

04:49is able

04:50to lead

04:51and develop

04:52make it

04:53a focus

04:53point

04:54that

04:55this is

04:55one area

04:56that we

04:56have to

04:56develop

04:57another

04:58is about

04:58quantum

04:59the quantum

05:00computing

05:00and its

05:01all

05:01application

05:02utilizing

05:03the

05:03principles

05:04of

05:05superpositioning

05:05and

05:06entanglement

05:06it can

05:08make

05:08tremendous

05:10difference

05:10in what

05:11we can

05:12achieve.

05:14It is

05:15going to

05:16make

05:16classical

05:17computing

05:17much less

05:18relevant.

05:21Just think

05:21of the

05:21photons

05:22and others

05:22that we

05:23are talking

05:23about

05:23actually

05:24the

05:25theory

05:25of

05:25particles

05:25are

05:26going

05:26to undergo

05:26a whole

05:27change.

05:28The way

05:29that from

05:29distances

05:30and others

05:31probably

05:31will make

05:32the same

05:32the conventional

05:33thinking

05:34of all

05:34this thing

05:35that how

05:35particles

05:36will behave

05:36and this

05:37thing

05:37probably

05:38will be

05:38much more

05:39unpredictable.

05:40so in

05:43computing

05:43and

05:44communications

05:44and

05:45material

05:45sciences

05:45and drug

05:46discoveries

05:47probably

05:47will find

05:48that this

05:48whole new

05:50world

05:50opens.

05:52Semiconductors

05:53now that is

05:53the building

05:54blocks

05:54of the

05:55modern

05:56technology.

05:57Our chips

05:58with complex

05:59electronic

06:00circuits

06:01are going

06:02to provide

06:02us

06:02lot of

06:03these things

06:04whether from

06:05the automobiles

06:06or from the

06:06children's toys

06:07to the

06:07satellites

06:08to the

06:09robotics

06:09to anything.

06:11Most of it

06:12for our

06:13defenses.

06:14For our

06:14missiles

06:15for our

06:16aircrafts

06:17for our

06:17battle tanks

06:18for various

06:19types of

06:20things

06:20that probably

06:21the chips

06:21are going

06:22to be

06:22available.

06:23and then

06:24the space

06:24sciences

06:25and I must

06:25compliment

06:26here Dr.

06:27Goenka

06:27who has

06:28contributed

06:28tremendously

06:29in last

06:30three years

06:30in the

06:31new

06:32whole

06:32district

06:33that is

06:33opened up

06:33for the

06:34space

06:34sector

06:34for the

06:35private

06:35sector

06:36and we

06:36are doing

06:37very well

06:37in that.

06:38Whether it's

06:38in communications

06:39it's in

06:40navigation

06:40it's in

06:41satellite

06:42surveillance

06:43geological

06:44mapping

06:45rare arts

06:50and

06:52advanced

06:53materials

06:53energy

06:55etc.

06:56Now

06:57the

07:00link of

07:01the

07:01technology

07:02and

07:02warfare

07:02has been

07:03always

07:03very

07:04very

07:04important.

07:09The

07:09caveman

07:09from his

07:10stone

07:10sling

07:11with the

07:11stone

07:12to the

07:13today's

07:15contactless

07:16warfare

07:17at the

07:17unmanned

07:18system

07:18has been

07:19a long

07:20journey.

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