India, Aug. 15 -- LOHUM, a diversified producer of sustainable critical minerals and advanced materials, has appointed Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria (Retd), former Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force, as Strategic Advisor to support its Defence Materials Sovereignty Programme.

The initiative, being undertaken in partnership with VishvaSutra, aims to establish a structured ecosystem for recovering critical minerals and advanced materials from decommissioned defence assets and advancing indigenous technologies for their refining and reuse.

The programme will focus on three key areas: creating secure and transparent pathways for recovering strategic materials from retired defence platforms; developing indigenous technologies f...