Focus on Building Global Partnerships for ‘Make in India’ in the Aerospace, Defence and Internal Security sector
Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister for Communications & Information Technology, Government of India to be present as the Chief Guest
India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA), the premier trade body representing the Indian Electronics System 
Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) industry will be hosting DEFTRONICS 2015, the second edition of their annual Aerospace, Defence & Internal security focused event. This year’s theme is Building Global Partnerships for ‘Make in India’ in the Aerospace, Defense and Internal Security sectors and will be held between September 9 and 11, 2015, at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The conferences will be held on September 9 and10, 2015.
DEFTRONICS 2015 is scheduled to take place along with electronica India and productronica India 2015, India’s leading trade fairs for the electronics industry.
The platform will focus primarily on aspects like opportunities in design and R&D, IP creation, nurturing entrepreneurship in the Aerospace, Defence and Internal Security (ADIS) space in conjunction with policy and business related matters and issues. The forum will also lay emphasis on specific skillset development required for ADIS ecosystem to build India as the manufacturing destination for military-industrial complex across the globe.
DEFTRONICS 2015 takes a closer look at how the national theme of ‘Make in India’ can be coupled with global alliances to galvanize the country’s immense potential in strategic electronics. The event will bring together stalwarts from the government, the industry, the academia and the global arena to identify ways to further accelerate ‘Make in India’ campaign by building global partnerships that would help cross current challenges and achieve the nation’s goals faster, with greater precision.
The platform will be strengthened with the presence of industry experts and government officials. Noteworthy guests for DEFTRONICS 2015 include Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, H’ble Union Minister for Communications & Information Technology, Government of India, Smt. Nirmala. Sitharaman, H’ble Minister of State for. Commerce and. Industry, Government of India, Mr R S Sharma, Secretary, DeitY, Ajit Manocha, Co-chairman, POET Technologies, Vijay Kumar Saraswat, Former DG – DRDO and former Chief Scientific Advisor to the Minister of Defence and currently Member NITI Aayog, New Delhi.
DEFTRONICS 2014 featured a powerful line-up of industry experts, government officials, strategists, policy makers and business leaders, offering keynote speeches and panel discussions around critical matters in the ADIS sector. Eminent dignitaries like Shri S R Patil, H’ble Minister for IT, BT and S&T, Government of Karnataka, Mr. Kishore Jayaraman, President, India & South Asia, Rolls Royce, Dr. A. Sivathanu Pillai, CEO & MD, BrahMos Aerospace, Mr. Peter Gutsmiedl, CEO, Airbus D&S and many others were present in the last edition.
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