Day 2: 7th Strategic Electronics Summit 2016: Government bodies, Defence and Academia come together to discuss the way forward
On 7th July, the event was inaugurated by Hon’ble Raksha Mantri Shri Manohar Parrikar in the presence of Dr. Ajay Kumar, Addl. Secretary, Department of Electronics & IT, Dr. G Satish Reddy, SA to Raksha Mantri, Lt. Gen. Subrata Saha, Dy. Chief of Army Staff (P&S) as well as many dignitaries from the industry including. The program was attended by over 700 delegates participating in the Conference and Exhibition which witnessed keen interest from large Defence buyers including the Defence Officials and DPSUs.
Pic above: Dr. Prahlada Ramarao addressing at the event Hon’ble Raksha Mantri Shri Parrikar addressed the gathering and his message clearly emphasized enhanced transparency and flexibility in the purchasing policy and procedures and changing the mindset of suspicion which had crept into the Defence Ministry and bureaucracy hindering the progress of the industry. Going into details, he mentioned that scams had resulted in extreme rigidity in the procedures and even minor changes in request for proposals were blocked due to the same. Mr. Parrikar advised ELCINA to inform him about the pain points still adversely impacting the industry and he would definitely resolve this on priority. A key announcement by the Hon’ble RM was the support to ...
Pic above: Dr. Prahlada Ramarao addressing at the event Hon’ble Raksha Mantri Shri Parrikar addressed the gathering and his message clearly emphasized enhanced transparency and flexibility in the purchasing policy and procedures and changing the mindset of suspicion which had crept into the Defence Ministry and bureaucracy hindering the progress of the industry. Going into details, he mentioned that scams had resulted in extreme rigidity in the procedures and even minor changes in request for proposals were blocked due to the same. Mr. Parrikar advised ELCINA to inform him about the pain points still adversely impacting the industry and he would definitely resolve this on priority. A key announcement by the Hon’ble RM was the support to ...
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