10:00 – 11:15 hrs - Inaugural Session

• Welcome Address: Mr. Atul Lall, President, ELCINA & Vice Chairman & CEO, Dixon Technologies

• Special address by: Mr. Ganapathi Krishnan, General Manager (MCSRDC), HAL

• Industry Address: Mr. Ashwani Bhargava, Senior Director, Boeing India Private Limited.

• Special Address by: Mr. Hari Kumar R, General Manager, Bharat Electronics Limited

• Address by Guest of Honour: Dr. B K Das, Distinguished Scientist & Director General - Electronics & Communication Systems (ECS), DRDO

• Address by Guest of Honour: Lt. Gen. KS Brar, General Officer Commanding (GOC), Dakshin Bharat

• Address by Chief Guest: Mr. Priyank M Kharge, Hon’ble Minister of IT, BT, Rural Development

  and Panchayat Raj, Govt. of Karnataka

• Vote of Thanks: Mr. Sasikumar Gendham, Sr. VP, ELCINA

12:00 – 12:45 hrs - Special Session on :

Standards and NATO Codification in Defence Logistics for better Sustenance & Export Potential : Lt. Col. Arindam Chaudhary, Defence Standardisation Cell @

Lalit 1&2 Hall, 1st Floor (Pre-registration is required)

Session I – 14:00 – 15:15 hrs

Users Perspective for Defence Electronics Equipment – Expectations from Industry

Session Moderator : Lt. Gen. AKS Chandele, PVSM, AVSM, (Retd), Ex-DG EME

• Lt. Gen. Vineet Gaur, AVSM, DG, Capability Development, Ministry of Defence

• Maj Gen Abhay Dayal, VSM, Additional Director General Acquisition Technical (Army)

• Rear Admiral Ankur Sharma, NM, Director General, WESEE

• Col R Jithendra, Dir (R&D), Defence Space Agency

• Lt Col Amandeep Singh, Northern Command

Special Session - 15:15 – 15:30 hrs

Consumer Electronics to Strategic Electronics : Mr. Josh Foulger, President, Electronics, ZETWERK

(Venue : Grand Ball Room)

15:00 – 16:00 hrs

BEL Vendor Development Session (Pre-registration is required) (Venue : Lalit 1&2 Hall, 1st Floor )

Session II – 15:30 – 16:30 hrs

Special Session for Security Agencies and Police Authorities

• Mr. Rajashekara N, IPS, DIG-Director, Central Detective Training Institute, BPR&D

• Col. V K Jaswal, Group Commander, 27 Special Composite Group, NSG*

• Mr. M A Johar, President – Strategic Business, CP Plus (Aditya Group)

• Mr. Sunil D, Matrix Comsec Pvt. Ltd

Inaugural Session – 10:00 – 10:30 hrs
Special Address by Honoured Guests:

• Mr. Darshan H.V, IAS, MD, ITBT and S&T, Govt. of Karnataka

• Mr. Sandeep Nanduri, IAS, MD, Tamilnadu Industrial Development Corporation Ltd. (TIDCO)

Address by Guest of Honour:

Mr. Hans Raj Verma, Director General, Council of State Industrial Development & Investment Corporations of India

Session I– 10:30 – 11:30 hrs

Drone Technology in Modern Warfare including Cyber Resilience

Session Moderator : Lt. Gen. KS Brar, General Officer Commanding (GOC), Dakshin Bharat

• Lt Col (Dr) Anupam Tiwari, Advisor (Cyber) to Principal Advisor, MOD

• Wg. Cdr P Madhusoodhanan, CEO, TN UAV Corporation

• Mr. Vish Sahasranamam, Co-Founder & CEO, Forge Innovation and Ventures

• Mr. Ezhilan Nanmaran, Head of Product & Strategic Partnerships, ideaForge

Session II – 12:00 – 13:15 hrs

Emerging Opportunities & Role for Industry in Strategic Electronics

Session Moderator: Lt. Gen. Sanjay Verma, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd), Advisor, DRDO

• Lt Gen Neeraj Varshney, VSM, Comdt MCEME

• Dr Anesh Kumar Sharma, Director (Technical), Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL)

• Mr. Prabal Mazumder, GM (SLRDC)., Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL)

• Mr. Chandrashekar H.G., CMD, SASMOS HET Technologies Limited

• Mr. Jetendra S. Gavankar (JS), CEO, Safran India

• Mr. Vedaprakash G, Associate Vice President, Tata Advanced Systems

• Mr. Ankur Gupta, Director Strategy, Int’l & Ind. Partnerships

India, Airbus Defence & Space

(Venue : Grand Ball Room)

12:30 – 13:30 hrs

Special Session on : Engineering Standards

(Pre-registration is required)

(Venue :

Lalit 1&2 Hall, 1st Floor )

15:00 – 16:00 hrs - Vendor Development Session: @ Lalit 1&2 Hall, 1st Floor (Pre-registration is required)

15:00 – 15:30 hrs – Presentation Ceremony of defennovation Awards 2024