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The Vice Chief of the Army Staff, Lieutenant General Pushpendra Singh, attended the annual Idea and Innovation Competition, InnoWarrior 2025, held at the Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi on December 5.
According to the Additional Directorate General of Public Information (ADGPI), the top 32 innovations of the Indian Army were showcased during the seminar, and the Vice Chief felicitated the innovators for their contributions. During the event, Lt Gen Singh appreciated the soldier-driven character of the innovations. He stated that these innovations reflect the soldiers' unmatched field experience, technical competence, and imagination, highlighting that a soldier on the ground understands battlefield challenges better than anyone. In a post on X, ADGPI said, "Lieutenant General Pushpendra Singh, #VCOAS witnessed #Innoyoddhaa 2025, an Idea & Innovation Competition, held at Manekshaw Centre, #NewDelhi on 05 December 2025. The top 32 innovations of the #IndianArmy were displayed during the seminar and the innovators were felicitated by the #VCOAS. The #VCOAS appreciated the soldier-driven character of the innovations. He stated that a soldier on the ground understands the battlefield challenges better than anyone and the innovations reflect unmatched field experience, technical competence and imagination of the soldiers." The ADGPI further explained that InnoWarrior is the Indian Army's annual flagship platform aimed at identifying, nurturing, and scaling in-house innovations to address capability gaps and enhance operational, logistics, and training effectiveness. This year, a total of 89 innovations were fielded by service innovators and underwent a rigorous selection process. Of these, the top 32 innovations displayed at the seminar will be taken forward for production by the Army Design Bureau to meet the operational requirements of field formations. On the occasion, the InnoWarrior Compendium of Ideas and Innovation 2025-26 was also released. Additionally, technology transfer for two innovations was carried out with the indigenous defence industry, strengthening the Army's self-reliance and innovation ecosystem. (ANI)
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