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7th – 8th July, 2016, Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC),

Bengaluru ______

The 7th Strategic Electronics Summit 2016 (SES 2016) – Defence & Aerospace, was

organised by ELCINA on July 7th & 8th, 2016 at Bangalore International Exhibition Centre

(BIEC), Bengaluru. The idea of SES was mooted by the ELCINA Executive Committee in

2009. It recognized the potential of this sector and the Indian industry’s special skills in

the high technology low volume production.

ELCINA identified the following key factors, which inspired us to focus on strategic

electronics -

Rapid and supportive changes in Government thinking regarding Defence

Production as well as Procurement Policies. Encouraging indigenous production

and value addition, as well as participation by SME’s

Large and growing budgets for the Defence & Homeland Security

Greater importance of defence avionics, as well as, an expanding aviation

industry

Increasing threat in dependence on imports, for national security equipment

High potential for employment and revenue generation

Capability and keenness of the Indian industry to participate in manufacturing

The last 7 editions of SES from 2010 to 2016 successfully Brought Industry,

Defence Establishment & Government Together !

Earlier editions of Strategic Electronic Summits demonstrated great interest and

opportunity that the industry saw in the Strategic Electronics sector and participated

wholeheartedly. Deliberations and discussions were intense and passionate between all

stakeholders. There were over 200 organisations participated as Exhibitors and / or

Delegates. All the activities like Conference, Exhibition & Technical Sessions witnessed

keen participation with over 300 delegates in the Conference and good footfalls of

business visitors.

This year Shri Manohar Parrikar, Hon’ble Raksha Mantri graced the occasion as the Chief

Guest, Lt. Gen. Subrata Saha, Dy. Chief of Army Staff was the Guest of Honour on the

opening day with special addresses by Guest of Honour Dr. Ajay Kumar, IAS, Addl.

Secretary, DeitY, Dr. Venkatesh Padmanabhan, CEO Rangsons, SVP DLM, Cyient Ltd.,

Mr. M V Appa Rao, MD, Centum Electronics Ltd, Mr. JD Patil, Senior VP, Head Defence &

Aerospace, L&T.

Hon’ble Raksha Mantri asked ELCINA to submit details of the “pain points”

being faced by Defence Sector manufacturers which are hampering “Make in India” in the Defence Sector.

ELCINA greatly enthused by the support of Hon’ble Raksha Mantri to the proposed

Defence Electronics Lab in BEL Ancillary Estate, Bangalore.

ELCINA has released the update 2016 for the Special Report on “Opportunities and

Challenges in the Strategic Electronics Sector, with special focus on MSMEs”.

Two panel discussions and a plenary session were organized on day 2. The topics of the panel discussions were “Role of Academia & Electronic SME Clusters” and

“Strategic Partners for Defence & Aerospace Programs”. The panels were chaired by eminent personalities like Padma Shri Dr. Prahlada Ramarao, Former DS & CC,

R&D,DRDO, Former VC, DIAT and Padma Vibhushan Dr. V. K. Aatre, Former SA to RM & Distinguished Scientist among other notable panelists from the Industry and Academia.

A Summary of SES 2016

OBJECTIVES OF THE EVENT

Bring all stakeholders on one platform to enable better communication and

understanding of requirements of the defence establishment.

Facilitate in creating indigenous capability to manufacture defence equipment and

meet these requirements.

Create awareness about opportunities in the Strategic Electronics sector.

Involve the Small and Medium Enterprises to meet the requirements of Defence

Forces.

Bridging the gap between R&D, Government organizations and businesses.

Explain and highlight the new Defence Production and Offset Policies.

Encouraging and enabling investments for developing strategic strengths.

PROGRAM DETAILS:

Conference on : Strategic Electronics: Accelerating the pace of “Make in India”

Day -1

Opportunities for Defence Industries under “Make in India Program”

Indigenization

Opportunities for Private Industries on Make in India by HAL

Special Technology Sessions:

Opportunities for Private Industries on Make in India by HAL

DPP 2016 Explained by Col. KV Kuber, Indian Army Veteran

Day -2

IRNSS: Game Changer for C4ISR

C-DOT and Indigenization of Communication/Telecom Technologies

Industry Consultation for Electronic Manufacturing Cluster at Sira,Tumkur by

KBITS

Panel Discussion on the Role of Academia & Electronic SME Clusters

Panel Discussion on Strategic Partners for Defence & Aerospace Programs

Special Technology Sessions:

C-DOT and Indigenization of Communication/Telecom Technologies

Industry Consultation for Electronic Manufacturing Cluster at Sira,Tumkur by

KBITS

Outsourcing and Vendor Development by BEL

Exhibition : to showcase opportunities for buyers and sellers

Conference on

Strategic Electronics: Accelerating the pace of “Make in India” CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Cassia, Convention Centre, Bangalore International Exhibition Centre, Tumkur Road, Bengaluru

Day–1 7th July 2016

0900- 0930 Hrs Arrival & Registration

Inaugural Session | 0930 – 1130 Hrs

0915 – 09:30 Hrs Arrival of Guests & Welcome

09:35 - 09:40 Hrs Welcome Address - Mr. Vikram Desai, President ELCINA & MD, Desai Electronics

09:40 - 09:50 Hrs Key Note Address: Dr. Venkatesh Padmanabhan, CEO Rangsons, SVP DLM, Cyient Ltd.

09:50 – 10:00 Hrs Industry Address: Mr. M V Appa Rao, MD, Centum Electronics Ltd

10:05 – 10: 15 Hrs Mr. JD Patil, Senior VP, Head Defence & Aerospace, L&T

10:15 – 10: 25 Hrs Dr. Ajay Kumar, IAS, Addl. Secretary, DeitY

10:25 – 10:40 Hrs Chief Guest Address: Shri Manohar Parrikar, Hon’ble Minister for Defence, GOI

10:40 – 10:45 Hrs Vote of Thanks: Mr. Rajoo Goel, Secretary General, ELCINA

10:45 – 1100 Hrs Inauguration of Exhibition & Visit of VIP Guests to Exhibition Guests of Honour facing the Dias

Dr. G Satheesh Reddy, SA to RM

Lt. Gen. Subrata Saha, UYSM, YSM, VSM**, DCOAS (P&S)

Mr. T Survarna Raju, CMD, HAL

Tea Break & Visit to the Exhibition(Jacaranda Hall) : 11:00 – 12:00 Hrs

Session – I Opportunities for Defence Industries under “Make in India Program”

1200 - 1330 HRS

Lt Gen Subrata Saha, UYSM, YSM, VSM**, DCOAS (P&S)

Keynote Speaker- "Make in India - Competency driven Road Map for Success" - Mr. Vipin Tyagi, Executive Director, CDOT

Maj. Gen. Atul Mehra, ED, ECIL (Retd.)

AVM PK Srivastava, VSM, VP– Larsen & Toubro (Retd.)

Dr. Sandip Chatterjee, Director & Scientist 'F', DeitY, Government of India

Lunch Break : 1330 – 1430 Hrs

Session – II Indigenization 1430 – 1530 HRS

Lt. Gen. AKS Chandele, PVSM, AVSM (Retd.)

Mr. N. Ramachandran, MD, Mel Systems & Services

Col. Selva Kumar, Director, Directorate of Indigenisation

Dr. KVB Vasantha Rayudu, RCI

Mr. B Ramani, Executive Director, C-DAC, Thiruvananthapuram

Tea Break & Visit to Exhibition 1530 – 1600 Hrs

Special Technology Sessions:

I 1545 – 1630 Hrs Opportunities for Private Industries on Make in India by HAL (Parijatha Hall)

II 1630 – 1715 Hrs DPP 2016 Explained by Col KV Kuber, Indian Army Veteran (Parijatha Hall)

Day – 2 8th July 2016

0930 – 1000 Hrs Arrival & Registration

Session – I – IRNSS : Game Changer for C4ISR

1000 – 1130 Hrs

Session Chairman, Rear Admiral, V M Doss, VSM, ADG, QA (Naval)

Mr. Mahesh V, Chief Scientist, Central Research Laboratory, Bharat Electronics

Mr. Jayant Bhatnagar, Director, C-DOT Centre for Development of Telematics

Dr. G. Vyasaraj, Sr. Project Manager, Accord Software & Systems

Mr Manjit Kumar, Scientist “F”, RCI

'Role of SDR in Net-Centric Warfare' - Mr. Manoj Kumar Dhaka, Scientist “G”, Defence Electronics Application Laboratory (DEAL)

Tea Break & Visit to the Exhibition(Jacaranda Hall) : 1130 – 1200 Hrs

Special Technology Sessions:

1200 Hrs – 12:30 Hrs - C-DOT and Indigenization of Communication/Telecom Technologies (CASSIA Hall) by Shri Soundara Kumar, Director (Bangalore)

1200 Hrs – 12:45 Hrs – KBITS – Industry Consultation for Electronic Manufacturing Cluster at Sira,Tumkur by KBITS (Parijatha Hall)

12:30 Hrs – 13:00 Hrs – Outsourcing and Vendor Development by BEL (CASSIA Hall)

Lunch Break : 1300 – 1400 Hrs

Session – II Panel Discussion on the role of Academia & Electronic SME Clusters

1400 – 1515 Hrs

Session Chairman : Padma Shri Dr. Prahlada Ramarao, Former DS & CC, R&D,DRDO, Former VC, DIAT

Moderator : Dr. Vishwas Udpikar, President, Wavelet Group

Prof. V. Sambasiva Rao, (Former Dy. Director, ISRO Satellite Centre), PES University

Prof. T Asokan, Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Prof. K. N. Rajarao, Adviser, RV College of Engineering

Prof. Pallab Dasgupta, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Mr. CP Suresh, General Manager, BEL

Tea Break: 15:15 – 1545 Hrs

Session – III Panel Discussion on Strategic Partners for Defence & Aerospace Programs

1545 – 1700 Hrs

Session Chairman: Padma Vibhushan Dr. V. K. Aatre, Former SA to RM & Distinguished Scientist

Moderator : Mr. N. Ramachandran, MD, Mel Systems & Services

Rear Admiral, V M Doss, VSM, ADG, QA (Naval)

Dr. Venkatesh Padmanabhan, CEO Rangsons, SVP DLM, Cyient Ltd.

Cmdr Mukesh Bhargava (Retd.), Head & VP, Larsen & Toubro Ltd.

Cmdr Ajay Sharma (Retd.), VP-Defence Electronics- Bharat Forge

17:00 Hrs Closing Remarks by ELCINA

List of Participating Companies

Exhibitors / Sponsors

515 Army Base Workshop

Accord Software & Systems Pvt Ltd

Accurex Solutions Pvt Ltd

Ajna Technology Solutions

Altair Engineering India Pvt Ltd

Amphenol Interconnect India Pvt Ltd

Anritsu India Pvt Ltd

Apacer Technologies Pvt Ltd

Bharat Electronics Limited

Centre for Development of

Advanced Computing (CDAC)

Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT)

Centre for Materials for Electronics

Technology (C-MET)

Centum Electronics Limited

Continental Device India (P) Ltd

CoreEl Technologies Pvt Ltd

Cubix Control Systems Pvt Ltd

Cyient Ltd.

Directorate of Indigenisation, Army

East India Technologies Pvt Ltd

EFY Enterprises Pvt Ltd

Elcom International Pvt Ltd

Electronic Sector Skill Council of

India

Electronics Corporation of India Limited

Garg Associated Private Limited

Geo Sensors

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

IPC Technology Consulting Pvt Ltd

Karnataka Biotechnology and Information Technology Services (KBITS)

Kaynes Technology India Pvt Ltd

Keetronics (India) Pvt Ltd

Kristeel Shinwa Industries Ltd

Larsen & Toubro Limited

MathWorks India Pvt Ltd

MEL Systems and Services Ltd

MMI India Pvt Ltd

Pentair Technical Products India Pvt Ltd

PES University

R V College of Engineering

Radel Advanced Technology Pvt Ltd

RMC Electronics Pvt Ltd

Shakthivel Associates

SLN Technologies Pvt Ltd

Spectrum Antenna and Avionics Systems

SVM Private Limited

Syrma Technology Pvt Ltd

Trident Techlabs Pvt Ltd

Delegates

AdTEC Electronic Instruments

Advance Components & Instruments

Aiddition Technologies

Alpha Design Technology

Amara Raja Electronics Ltd

Analog Devices India Pvt Ltd

Ananya Technologies PVTLTD

Ankit Fastners Pvt Ltd

Antherm

Arsha Consulting

AT&S India Pvt Ltd

Attivo Special Economic Zones

BE Analytic Solutions LLP

BEML Limited

Bharat Forge

Caritor Solutions India Pvt Ltd

Champion Electronics Pvt Ltd

CIM Tools Pvt. LTD

Circuit Systems (India) Limited

Convergent Technologies

Crucible of Research and Innovation

CSA India Pvt Ltd

Data Pattern

Datasol Innovative Labs

DCX Cable Assemblies Pvt Ltd

DEAL

Deena Technologies

Deepti Electronics & Electro-Optics

Defense Support Systems

Delta Electronics India Pvt Ltd

Directorate General of Civil Aviation

DSM India Private limited

E2E Interconnect

EDS Technologies Pvt Ltd

Electroform Technologies

Electrolinks Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Electronics & Radar Development Establishment

EMBEDDED SOLUTIONS PVT LTD

EMI Solutions Pvt Ltd

Epitome Components Pvt Ltd

Evercons Technologies Private Limited

EWAS Technologies Pvt Ltd

FASTECH Telecommunications

Federation of Indo-Israel Chamber

of Commerce (South)

FESTO POWER INDUSTRIES

Henjere Enterprises

HR Anexi Pvt Ltd

HSMC India (Edgewood)

IDECK

IEEE

IETE

IIT Kharagpur

IIT Madras

Indian Institute of Technology

IMRB International

Ineda Systems Pvt Ltd

Infineon Technologies India Pvt Ltd

Intech DMLS Pvt Ltd

Integrated Electronics

Interplex Electronics India Pvt

Limited

Isola Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) Ltd

iWave Systems India Pvt Ltd

JCDecaux UK Limited

Kaynes Interconnection Systems

KRAMSKI Stamping & Molding

Kreative Technologies

Lyra Infosystems Pvt Ltd

Magpulse Technologies Pvt Ltd

Manipal University

MapuSoft Technologies Pvt Ltd.

Mesco Aerospace Limited

MFR Electronic Components Pvt Ltd

Micronova Impex Pvt Ltd

Mill Master Machinery Pvt Ltd

Ministry of Defence

Miracle Electronic Devices Pvt. Ltd.

Mitra

Multisphere Power Solutions Pvt Ltd

Nabhaya Electronics

O/E/N India Limited

OSR Consultants

Oxys Technologies Pvt Ltd

Panacea Medical Technologies Pvt

Ltd

Pexa Limited

Powertec Supplies India Pvt Ltd

Progressive Industries

Protectron Electromech Pvt Ltd

Qmax Test Equipments Pvt Ltd

Radiall India Private Ltd

Ray-Q Interconnection

Technologies

RCI

RF Horizon Pvt Ltd

ROSSELL TECHSYS

S M Creative Electronics Ltd

Safeline Engineers

Samyuktha Karnataka

Savitri Telecom Services

Scientific Mes Technik Pvt Ltd

Sekhar Electronics

Semikron Electronics Pvt Ltd

SFO Technologies Pvt Ltd

Sierra Software Design Centre

Silicon Power

Simco Engineering Limited

Simplex Infotek

SriSattva Group of Advisors

Stanesh Semiconductor Pvt Ltd

STMicroelectronics Marketing Pvt Ltd

Sudhir Automotive Industries Pvt

Ltd

Swift Electrocomp Solutions Pvt Ltd

System Controls Technology

Solutions

Systems Aids

Tata Power SED

TE Connectivity India Pvt Ltd

TEKTRONICS POWER

Tessolve Semiconductor Pvt Ltd

The Printers (Mysore) Pvt Ltd

Toradex Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd.

(HQ)

Trasccon Interconnection Systems

Tribhuvan Technologies Private Limited

Trium Manufacturing Company

TÜV Rheinland (India) Pvt Ltd

TÜV SÜD South Asia

UK Trade & Investment

Unified Electro-Tech Ltd

UTL Technologies Ltd

Validus Technologies USA

VB Infrastructure (Proposed Unit)

VEM Technologies Pvt Ltd

Verdant Telemetry & Antenna Systems

Wavelet Group

Zing Technologies

STATUS OF INDUSTRY AND OPPORTUNITIES India is the biggest importer of defence equipment importing thrice as much as China and

Pakistan. Large scale modernisation of defence forces is on the anvil. The nextdecade is likely to see an exponential growth in combat systems as well as non-platform based

defence strategic electronics programs, with the requirement for the 12th plan (2012-2017) being pegged at over Rs.100,000 crores. This report is focussed on production of

electronics in A&D sector and hence also deals with the procurement process and the scenario.

The production of strategic electronics in India has been growing steadily from Rs. 5700 crores in 2007-08 to Rs.9000 crores during 2010-11. As per projected growth rates and

industry estimates, electronics production in Defence Sector in India reached Rs.12,000 crores during 2012-13 and exceeded Rs. 13,800 Crores during 2013-14 recording a growth of over 15%. This growth is fuelled by the expanding budgetary allocation for Defence

Sector which jumped from Rs. 164,415 crores in 2011-2012 to Rs. 193,407 crores in 2012-13 and further allocation has been increased by 5% to Rs. 2,03,672 crore for 2013-14 with

provision for further funding depending on actual requirements. Present year budget for Defence Sector is INR 2.46, 727 Crs. Government initiatives such as Defence Offsets and Defence Procurement Policy (DPP) have opened a host of opportunities which the domestic

industry must seize. This brings opportunity for all industry players who are keen to gain from and also contribute to the growth of the Strategic Electronics industry in India and

enable greater domestic value addition and indigenization. Offsets have the flexibility in fostering partnerships with foreign majors. Aim is to actively involve indigenous industry in this sector, enable greater value addition and indigenization, and reduce the country’s

heavy dependence on imports. Post-independence, Defence Industry in India, was classified under the strategic sector and placed under the reserved list and we created the

large pool of 09 DPSUs, 39 OFs and 50 plus DRDO labs. The sector was opened for the first time to private sector in 2001, when the Defence Sector was removed from the Reserved category and placed in the Licenced Category with 100 % private participation and a

restrictive 26% FDI cap. The FDI policy has however now further liberalised FDI cap to 49% in 2014. A Technology Perspective & Capability Roadmap (TPCR) based on the LTIPP

has been issued to the industry to help plan its R&D and infrastructure creation. Based on the approved Long Term Integrated Perspective Plan (LTIPP), equipment/ weapon systems/ platforms required in 10 years and further down the line will by and large be

developed/ integrated/ made within the country.

Provisions have been made in the DPP 2013 as well as DPM 2009 to support participation of MSME in the procurement process, particularly multiplier norms which provides a steady business to them. ‘Report of Working Group on Defence Equipment’1, estimates Defence

Electronics of the size of INR 25700 Crores. This amounts to about 25% of the capital expenditure projections of the working group by 2016-17. Thus, looking form the Offset

perspective, the opportunity for Indian Electronics manufacturing is huge. At the same time, government agencies will have to create enough interventions to make this happen.

Through the SES 2015 and a Report on the sector released during SES, ELCINA took stock of the known requirements of the defence platforms under procurement for the Armed

Forces and estimated the future requirement based on the Technology Perspective and Capability Roadmap (TPCR-April 2013) developed by Headquarters- Integrated Defence

Staff, Ministry of Defence and identify contribution made by strategic electronics in these procurements. On the other side, ELCINA planned to identify the existing indigenous manufacturing

capability and supporting eco-system in the Strategic Electronics sector including Micro

Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), including Defence Public Sector Units (DPSUs), Ordnance Factories (OFs), Private Sector companies to understand possibilities to bridge the gap between existing capability and desired requirement.

INDUSTRY RECOMMENDATIONS

SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS

The 7th edition of Strategic Electronic Summit was inaugurated by Shri Manohar Parrikar,

Hon’ble Minister for Defence, Govt. of India on 7th July, 2016 at Bangalore International

Exhibition Centre (BIEC), Bengaluru.

Day 1 – 7th July, 2016 – “Inaugural Session”

Chief Guest : Shri Manohar Parrikar, Hon’ble Minister for Defence, GOI

Dr. Ajay Kumar, IAS, Addl. Secretary, DeitY Mr. JD Patil, Senior VP, Head Defence & Aerospace, L&T

Mr. M V Appa Rao, MD, Centum Electronics Ltd Dr. Venkatesh Padmanabhan, CEO Rangsons,

SVP DLM, Cyient Ltd.

Shri Manohar Parrikar, Hon’ble Minister for Defence, Govt. of India:

The Minister most graciously mentioned that he could not participate last year and

had promised that he would do so next year and thus he was happy to be here.

He stated that Defence procurement had practically been converted to Buy Global

when he took over the reins of the Ministry. No modifications could be allowed in

RFPs and this was illogical and counterproductive. RFPs for items still under

development were likely to need change and there should be a way to allow and do

the same. One achievement which the Minister shared was that he had managed to

have reasonable success in changing the mindset of officers in Defence Ministry so

that they do not suspect everyone and everything making business with industry

impossible. This approach was resulting in good suppliers staying away from

Defence contracts and new sources not developing. Minister said that he is asking

DPSU’s and Defence Establishments to become lead integrators instead of trying to

manufacture everything and setting up new factories. They must increase

outsourcing to industry. Sourcing from industry in Public Sector has increased from

Rs 42,000 crores to Rs 52,000 crores currently and this is an increase of 18%.

Sourcing from SME’s also stood at 9% and the target for this year was 15%, the

Minister informed.

Some industry people are confused between Make in India and Make projects. Make

in India is for creating capability to manufacture indigenously by local

manufacturers, while Make projects are for development of a particular item for any

defence project and this could be an electronic part or equipment. The Government

bears 90% of the design, development and manufacturing cost of such items in

Make 1 and there is assurance that the developer will get order for the same. If the

order is not given for some reason, the remaining 10% is also paid by the

Government. Make projects are independent of Make in India Projects and once a

Make project is successful, it becomes a Make in India project. Tejas, Advanced

Light Helicopter and all Offset projects are Make in India projects.

Policies, Shri Parrikar informed are being being streamlined to make a level playing

field for all with HAL, OFBs paying Excise Duty, Imports are subject to Customs Duty

and FE Variation will be covered in Defence Purchases to obviate losses or profits

due to the same.

The Minister gave full support to the Defence Lab project proposed by ELCINA with

BEL and wanted to be apprised about its progress on weekly basis. He said that the

details should be finalized within 2-3 months and by the time the 8th SES is

organized next year, the project should be getting established.

He also emphasized the need for industry to apprise him about the pain points and

issues being faced in crisp brief format and discouraged submission of large

documents. He would ask for details on any specific issues when required.

Dr. Venkatesh Padmanabhan, CEO Rangsons, SVP DLM of Cyient Ltd.

delivered the Key Note Address : He spoke on Design Led Manufacturing.

Sophisticated products we can design we should be able to manufacture as well and

that is why Cyient had into manufacturing acquiring Rangsons.

Dr. Ajay Kumar, IAS, Addl. Secretary, DeitY: Dr. Kumar welcomed the Hon’ble

Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar on behalf of DeitY and the industry. Specially

acknowledged the support being provided by Shri Parrikar for “Make in India” in

Defence where the opportunity was growing. Changes in the DPP are laudable as

they are simplifying the process and allowing domestic industry to participate in the

Defence manufacturing space, for domestic market as well as for exports. This

support has encouraged and enthused the industry which has survived through thick

and thin and is now committed to play a bigger role.

Dr. Kumar mentioned about Centum Electronics as an example where a medium

scale industry has acquired a company in France to strengthen its manufacturing

capability and reach. This is most encouraging as such examples were restricted

largely to service sector till date. Another significant development is that DeitY has

received its 200th proposal for investment in electronics manufacturing and this is a

great achievement and indication of the way things are progressing. Few years ago

before the National Policy for Electronics was announced there were almost no

proposals for investments and many companies had shut down. Now many of the

large business houses such as Tata’s, Hero Group and JK Group are venturing into

this sector.

Another aspect which is vital is Innovation as it is the only way in which the desired

level of value addition can be captured. After the announcement of Policy for Start

Ups and DeitY’s Electronic Development Fund to support R&D, there has been a

surge in innovation led activity, especially in and around Bangalore. A National

Centre for Security in IT has been set up in IIT, Powai for developing special

technologies for defence sector.

Lt. Gen. Subrata Saha, UYSM, YSM, VSM, DCOAS (P&S) was the Guest of Honour for the event:

Mr. Vikram Desai, President ELCINA

Delivering the Welcome Address during the Inaugural Session,

Mr. Rajoo Goel, Secretary General, ELCINA gave the Vote of Thanks:

Session II – “Opportunities for Defence Industries under Make in India Program”

Lt. Gen. Subrata Saha, UYSM, YSM, VSM DCOAS (P&S), Indian Army

Mr. Vipin Tyagi Executive Director

CDOT

Maj. Gen. Atul Mehra (Retd.) ED

ECIL

AVM PK Srivastava, VSM (Retd.) VP

Larsen & Toubro

Dr. Sandip Chatterjee, Director & Scientist 'F' DeitY

Government of India

Lt. Gen Subrata Saha, UYSM, YSM, VSM, DCOAS (P&S) chaired the 2nd Session.

Opening the discussion Lt. Gen Saha emphasized that along with economic and

policy of manufacturing, the stakeholders should also focus on the requirement

perspectives of armed forces. He also mentioned that in his pursuit to achieve long

term strategic he tried to come up with a trilateral dialogue among armed forces,

Academia and the industry. He unless Industry and academia do not know

battle ground realities and exposure, the process of design and manufacturing

cannot go full circle.

Mr. Vipin Tyagi, Executive Director, CDOT : Mr. Tyagi focused on the essentiality

of own platforms, which should be secured, rugged and reliable in nature. He also

discussed crucial parameters of a strong communication system such as better

coverage, super, high bandwidth and low latency. He also suggested developing a

Whatsapp like Indian communication platform for armed forces which should be

absolutely a secured Close User Group and should work communication services for

common people are suspended. This platform should be to various interfaces like

mobile phones, wireless devices, landlines etc. He also emphasized on the

manufacturing of communication hardware in the country.

AVM PK Srivastava, VSM, VP– Larsen & Toubro (Retd.) : Mr. Srivatava

emphasized the importance of a secured communication system which cater the

requirements of joint operation by Indian armed Forces such as army, navy and

airforce. He mentioned that future battles will be fought through intelligent warfare

systems and countries with secured and well integrated communication system will

have better prospects of winning. He stressed that until the core of manufacturing

which is Chip Designing and Embedded software is achieved, it will hard to win any

future battle. He also discussed the importance of aggregation of capacities which

are there with various defence establishments and academia.

Maj. Gen. Atul Mehra, ED, ECIL (Retd.) : Maj. Gen. Mehra discussed the previous

challenges turning as opportunities with suitable amendments in DPP-2016. He

emphasized on the evaluation of policies till it gets implemented.

Dr. Sandip Chatterjee, Director & Scientist 'F', DeitY, Govt. of India :

Dr. Chatterjee highlighted the initiatives taken by Ministry of Electronics and IT for supporting electronics manufacturing, IT development and their convergence.

Session III – “Indigenization”

Lt. Gen. AKS Chandele, PVSM, AVSM (Retd.)

Mr. N. Ramachandran, MD Mel Systems & Services

Col. Selva Kumar, Director Directorate of Indigenisation

Dr. KVB Vasantha Rayudu, RCI

Mr. B Ramani, Executive Director, C-DAC

Lt. Gen. (Retd.) AKS Chandele, PVSM, AVSM coordinated the 3rd Session:

Gen Chandele introduced the speakers and focused on the approach of self-reliance.

He mentioned that overdependence on foreign vendors is not preferable in long run

especially during the times of war. Gen. Chandele urged the need of gradual

indigenization of weaponry and electronic sub systems. He mentioned that life cycle

maintenance is an important aspect should be considered while tendering for

defence equipment’s from global vendors. Gen. Chandele urged that industry should

come up with a plan for gradual indigenization, starting from SKD to CKD to minor

assemblies and finally major assemblies to manufacture completely indigenous

equipment.

Mr. N. Ramachandran, MD, Mel Systems & Services: Mr. Ramachandran

emphasized the importance of components manufacturing in the country, he

cautioned about the threats of using foreign components in the manufacture of

defense equipment’s and assemblies. Mr. Ramachandran urged that government

should take note of this scenario and make policy and incentivizing measures to

encourage component and chip components manufacturing in the country. He also

appreciated the efforts of DRDO and appealed them to focus on the manufacturing

defence grade components.

Mr. B Ramani, Executive Director, C-DAC, Thiruvananthapuram: Mr. Ramani

discussed about the achievements of C-DAC in developing technologies such as tetra

communications, SDR systems, response management, distress call response

management systems, electromagnetic logs, High Precision DGPS etc. He urged

industry to come forward to avail technology transfers as developed by C-DAC. He

appreciated the initiatives taken by Department of Electronics and IT to develop

indigenous Microprocessors and take the country to a greater degree of self-

reliance.

Col. Selva Kumar, Director, Directorate of Indigenisation : Col. Selva Kumar

discussed the efforts of his department to indigenize defense manufacturing. He also

mentioned that Indian defense manufacturing industry is quiet matured, what all is

required is to coordinate the operations of industry and defence establishments.

Dr. KVB Vasantha Rayudu, RCI : Dr. Rayudu discussed the efforts taken by RCI-

DRDO in empowering India with cutting edge technologies, self-reliance in critical

defence technology systems, equipping the army with state of art weaponry. To

reach to a greater degree of self-reliance, he also stressed on urgent need of well-

coordinated partnership among R&D institutions, academia and industry.

Day 2 – 8th July, 2016 – “Game Changer for C4ISR”

Session Chairman, Rear Admiral, V M Doss, VSM

ADG, QA (Naval)

Mr. Mahesh V, Chief Scientist

Central Research Laboratory

Bharat Electronics Ltd.

Mr. Jayant Bhatnagar, Director

C-DOT Centre for Development of Telematics

Dr. G. Vyasaraj, Sr. Project Manager

Accord Software & Systems

Mr. Manoj Kumar Dhaka, Scientist “G”,

Defence Electronics Application Laboratory (DEAL)

Mr. Manjit Kumar, Scientist “F”, RCI

Guest of Honour & Session Chairman, Rear Admiral, V M Doss, VSM, ADG,

QA (Naval) : Rear Admiral Doss appreciated Dr. Atre’s report and its

recommendations, he mentioned that this report is a good initiative to remove

ambiguity in the concept of strategic partnership. He also focused on the sustainable

partnerships among defense establishments, SME clusters and their sub-vendors. He

stressed that MSME’s should come up to make India a self-reliant country and also

urged government to take care of these MSME’s and nurture them for a long term

strategic role in nation building.

Mr. Jayant Bhatnagar, Director, C-DOT Centre for Development of

Telematics: Mr. Bhatnagar discussed about the achievements of C-DoT regarding

Command Control Systems and its Implementations. He mentioned that in an

communication system predictability is the most important factor along others such

as time duration for the completion of a specific task. Mr. Bhatnagar emphasized the

Security aspect of the systems to maintain the integrity and robustness of

communication systems. He also discussed the modalities of utilizing same physical

platform to have an excess to real time and non-real time information.

Mr. Mahesh V, Chief Scientist, Central Research Laboratory, Bharat

Electronics : Mr. Mahesh discussed BEL achievements in C4ISR Systems and IRNSS

Receiver technologies. He mentioned that previously success of war was mainly

dependent on weaponry systems but now a days technologies and systems play a

crucial role in collecting, fusing and disseminating information. It has now become

critical to develop modern systems which may address the changing warfare

scenarios.

Dr. G. Vyasaraj, Sr. Project Manager, Accord Software & Systems : Dr.

Vyasaraj highlighted the contribution of Accord systems in designing, manufacturing

and implementation. He also highlighted the advantages of IRNSS technology over

GPS and Gagan technologies. Dr. Vyasaraj informed the audience about the

capabilities of IRNSS technology to predict the trajectory of missiles, aircraft, rockets

etc.

Mr. Manjit Kumar, Scientist “F”, RCI: Mr. Manjit talked about strategic

applications of satellite navigation system especially in the area of land, air and sea

applications. He highlighted the importance of these systems in battlefield

management, Infantry management, combat aircrafts and UAV’s, ship navigation,

fleet management, artillery management etc.

Session II - Panel Discussion on the “Role of Academia& Electronic SME Cluster”

Padma Shri Dr. Prahlada Ramarao, Former DS &

CC, R&D,DRDO, Former VC, DIAT

Padma Shri Dr. Prahlada Ramarao

Former DS & CC, R&D,DRDO, Former VC, DIAT

Dr. Vishwas Udpikar, President, Wavelet Group

Prof. V. Sambasiva Rao, (Former Dy.

Director, ISRO Satellite Centre), PES

University

Prof. V. Sambasiva Rao (Former Dy. Director, ISRO Satellite Centre)

PES University

Mr. CP Suresh, General Manager, BEL

Prof. K. N. Rajarao, Adviser, RV

College of Engineering

Prof. K. N. Rajarao, Adviser RV College of Engineering

Prof. Pallab Dasgupta Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Guest of Honour & Session Chairman : Padma Shri Dr. Prahlada

Ramarao, Former DS & CC, R&D,DRDO, Former VC, DIAT: Dr. Rao

appreciated the way the SME’s in India have grown up in last 20-30 years and

mentioned that they have become more efficient in terms of delivering the

orders. He also mentioned that the SME’s are now headed by technical people

rather than traditional business men in previous decades. He wished all success

to SME’s and encouraged their increased participation in the nation building

exercise.

Moderator : Dr. Vishwas Udpikar, President, Wavelet Group: Dr.

Vishwas mentioned that strategic electronics involves greater degree of

criticality in terms of reliability, sophistication, ruggedisation, security etc. He

also discussed about the increased role of academia and cluster SME’s in the

development of strategic electronics in the country. He also drew attention to the

government’s investment targets for Defence and Homeland security to the tune

of 9 and 7 Lac Crores respectively. Dr. Vishwas mentioned that this huge sum will

provide enough opportunities to the industry and industry should be ready to

work hard to take its share. He also informed that SME’s contribution in India’s

GDP is 6% and employs around 3 crore people.

Mr. CP Suresh, General Manager, BEL: Mr. Suresh apprised the audiences

that BEL is already engaged with academia, deploying lot of technologies in

educational institutes for education and further research. He mentioned that a

synergy among industry, R&D institutions, and defense establishments is a need

of the time to take this industry to greater heights. Mr. Suresh mentioned that

BEL is already involved in collaborative R&D with academia & industry and is

trying to integrate various stakeholders of this industry.

Session III - Panel Discussion on Strategic Partners for Defence & Aerospace Programs”

Padma Vibhushan Dr. V. K. Aatre Former SA to RM & Distinguished Scientist

Mr. N. Ramachandran, MD Mel Systems & Services

Cmdr Mukesh Bhargava (Retd.)

Head & VP

Larsen & Toubro Ltd.

Cmdr Ajay Sharma (Retd.) VP-Defence Electronics

Bharat Forge

Rear Admiral, V M Doss, VSM, ADG, QA (Naval)

Guest of Honour & Session Chairman: Padma Vibhushan Dr. V. K. Aatre,

Former SA to RM & Distinguished Scientist : Dr. Atre stressed the need of

developing an ecosystem which may support and encourage production of

defence and aerospace equipments in India. He also mentioned that government

should share the long term planning with industry so that the industry may

prepare itself for smooth delivery of orders in future. Dr. Atre recommended that

government should work with a set of industry partner for a pretty long time to

develop an understanding of defence requirements.

Cmdr Mukesh Bhargava (Retd.), Head & VP, Larsen & Toubro Ltd.: Cmdr.

Bhargava opined that firstly defense manufacturing capacities within the country

should be harnessed. He discussed about the deficiencies of defence policies in

the past years and appreciated the developments which have taken place in the

last eighteen months. He also mentioned that foreign firms manufactures

products as per the requirement of their own country and India should try to

design military hardware which may deliver in extreme conditions such as

temperature ranging from -40 C to + 60 C. Cmdr. Bhargava appreciated the

recommendations of Dr. Atre committee on defence manufacturing and wished

that these recommendation be implemented at the earliest.

Cmdr Ajay Sharma (Retd.), VP-Defence Electronics- Bharat Forge Ltd.:

Cmdr. Sharma stressed out the need of taking concrete decisions regarding

defence productions and avoid too much deliberation exercises. He also opined

that very limited strategic partners should be encouraged to work on specific

platforms and government should retain them. He also mentioned that

perception/information gaps among all industry stakeholders should be reduced.

Technology Sessions:

Day – 1

Opportunities for Private Industries on Make in

India by Mr. A. Selvaraj GM (Indigenization)

HAL

DPP 2016 Explained by Col. KV Kuber Indian Army Veteran

Day – 2

Indigenization of Communication / Telecom Technologies by Mr. Soundara Kumar, Director –

C-DOT, Bangalore

Outsourcing and Vendor Development Mr. Sakarasubramanian-BEL

Special Industy Consultation for Electronic Manufacturing Cluster at Sira,

Tumkur by KBITS :

SNAPSHOTS OF THE EVENT