7th Strategic Electronics Summit, Bangalore announced

ELCINA (Electronic Industries Association of India), along with Cyient and other key Industry Players such as BEL, HAL, C-DOT and Centum Electronics announced SES 2016 to be held on 7th & 8th July 2016 at the BIEC. The event would be inaugurated by Chief Guest Shri Manohar Parrikar, Hon’ble Minister for Defence, Government of India. The Raksha Mantri would be accompanied by key officials including Dr. Ajay Kumar, Addl Secretary, DeitY, Dr. G Sateesh Reddy, SA to Raksha Mantri, CMD, HAL and BEL. The Deputy Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Subrata Saha and Padma Vibhushan, Dr. VK Aatre would also be gracing the event on 8th July, Chairing key conference sessions. Some of the highlight sessions during the course of the 2 days would be topics such as Opportunities for Defence Industries under “Make in India Program”, Indigenization, Role of Academia & Electronic SME’s Clusters, Strategic Partners for Defence & Aerospace Programs to name a few. The sessions would be chaired by current and former dignitaries from Ministry of Defence, Dept. of Electronics, Govt of India, C-DOT, DRDO, DEAL, HAL, BEL, and IIT Madras. Talking to media Mr. Vikram Desai, President, ELCINA said “SES is a timely initiative as government has made its intention amply clear to enhance domestic value addition in this sector by active participation and investments by foreign as well as domestic co...