The Indian Defence sector, the second largest armed force is at the cusp of revolution. The Government has identified the Defence and Aerospace sector as a focus area for the ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ or Self-Reliant India initiative, with a formidable push on the establishment of indigenous manufacturing infrastructure supported by a requisite research and development ecosystem. The vision of the government is to achieve a turnover of $25 bn including export of $5 bn in Aerospace and Defence goods and services by 2025.rnTo speak more on the opportunities in Indian Defence Sector, we had the following distinguished panelrnrnCaptain Blair Gerristen, MNZM, RNZN (Defence Adviser to Australia and India)rnAdmiral RK Dhowan, PVSM, AVSM ,YSM, (Retd). (Former Chief of the Naval Staff of Indian Navy)rnVice Admiral Satish Soni (Retd). (Former Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet and Assistant Chief of Naval Staff)rnLt. Gen Rajiv Bhalla (Retd). (Ex. Military Secretary)rnMaj Gen PK Siwach (Retd). (Former,Defence Adviser at the High Commission of India in Malaysia)rnCol Uday Dadwal (Ex-Director Modernization at DGMF)rnCdr. Gautam Nanda (Retd).(Associate Partner with KPMG)
