NewzVille Desk
The fifth edition of the Indian Navy’s flagship Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Seminar, Swavlamban is scheduled to be conducted on 26 and 27 Oct 2026 at Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi. VAdm Ajay Kochhar, Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (VCNS), informed in a Curtain Raiser Press Conference on Monday.
The annual NIIO Seminar, Swavlamban 2026 will build upon the Indian Navy’s continuing efforts to translate indigenous technological innovation into operational capabilities and strengthen the foundations of Aatmanirbharta.
The seminar will bring together innovators, industry partners, Start-ups, MSMEs, academia, investors and the Defence Forces to explore collaborative solutions for emerging maritime security challenges.
Addressing the media, the VCNS remarked that the evolution of Swavlamban since 2022 has connected the Indian Navy’s operational requirements with the technological capabilities of Indian industry and academia.
Emphasising the changing character of modern warfare, the VCNS underscored the importance of developing niche technologies into deployable systems at sea. For a Navy operating across extended distances and undertaking prolonged deployments, he highlighted the importance of durable indigenous technologies for combat readiness, operational flexibility and sustained capability enhancement.
The exhibition will include thematic areas, showcasing indigenous innovations that have emerged as success stories, covering niche technologies in Maritime Surveillance, Counter-UAS, Artificial Intelligence and Quantum, NBCD, Safety and Efficiency Enhancers. Engagements with venture capitalists and investors will form a key component of the seminar, facilitating discussions on funding opportunities, scaling of promising enterprises and commercialisation of indigenous technologies.
The conference will also witness release of the Swavlamban 5.0 Document, the Compendium on Technology Imperatives, and the Naval Unified Systems, Ethernet and Tactical Utilisation (NAUSETU) Interface Standards.
