Bengaluru: The Institute of Engineers (India) at its fourth Indian Technology Congress (ITC 2016) awarded ‘Technology Leadership Award’ to T. Suvarna Raju, CMD, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) at the two-day technology congress being held at the Central College Campus on Thursday.

About 600 delegates from industries, R&D Laboratories and Academia are participating in the congress on the theme “Excellence in Engineering Practice: Networking and collaboration”. The Congress is being held under the leadership of eminent personalities like Prof. R.M. Vasagam, Chairman, National Advisory Committee-ITC 2016 with justice Dr. M. Rama Jois and others.

Addressing the gathering mostly comprised of budding engineers, Raju said, HAL has been adapting ‘Engineering Innovation’ to remain competitive in the manufacturing sector. The new engineering technology that will enhance the manufacturing competitiveness is the 3D manufacturing and towards this HAL has procured Rapid Prototyping machines to explore manufacturing of components.