Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will meet Chinese counterpart Dong Jun - the first ministerial-level meeting since the two militaries disengaged in eastern Ladakh last month and India resumed patrolling in Depsang last week.
China is staging army drills with Belarus this week at NATO's eastern border, in a sign of escalating tensions between Beijing and the US-led defence alliance.
The summit is taking place at the luxurious Borgo Egnazia resort in Italy's Apulia region from June 13-15.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he had an excellent meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, their fourth meeting in one year, and discussed ways to further strengthen the strategic partnership in defence, nuclear and space.
The leaders of Japan and the Philippines head to Washington this week for a first trilateral summit aimed at boosting defence ties, hot on the heels of four-way military drills in the South China Sea that riled Beijing.
The Indian Army is in the process of preparing an Artificial Intelligence roadmap in consultation with subject matter experts in a step towards improving its "mobility and protection", Army Chief General Manoj Pande said at NDTV Defence Summit.
The emergence of disruptive technology is transforming modern wars and blunting the conventional combat ratio which was a metric to determine the military strength and superiority between states, Army chief General Manoj Pande said.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has asked industry leaders in private defence manufacturing and related services to give ideas for ensuring strong growth of the sector.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh emphasised the role of innovation in creating military technology and hardware, arguing that while imitation might be quicker and cheaper, a reliance on copying also meant developing nations would always be behind.
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10:50 AM
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