The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Visakhapatnam, in collaboration with the Naval Science & Technological Laboratory (NSTL) organised a seminar on Wednesday titled, “Business Opportunities with NSTL: Enabling Indigenous Solutions for MSMEs.”

NSTL director Abraham Varughesenoted that the increasing indigenous content in manufacturing is essential to drive economic growth. He said that both large industries and MSMEs have a critical role to play in the indigenisation and export-oriented development of advanced marine systems and defence technologies.