Time

Inaugural Session(1400– 1435 hrs)

1400 - 1405

Welcome Address by Mr Shekhar Agarwal, Secretary, Department of Defence Production, MoD

1405 - 1415

Address by Dr M M Pallam Raju, Hon’ble Minister of State for Defence, Ministry of Defence

1415 - 1430

Inaugural Address by Mr A K Antony, Hon’ble Minister of Defence 

1430 - 1435

Vote of Thanks by Mr M V Kotwal, President, Heavy Engineering Division, Larsen and Toubro and Chairman, FICCI Defence Committee

1435 - 1445

Tea/Coffee Break

Plenary Session— Procurement Procedures including Offsets: A Policy Overview

Session Chair : Mr Vivek Rae, Director General (Acquisition), MoD

1450 - 1455

Opening remarks by the Session Chair

1455 - 1515

1515 - 1525

Presentation by Acquisition Wing, MoD and Indian Industry

• Brig  C M F Prabhu, Technical Manager(officiating), Land Systems, Acquisition Wing, Ministry of Defence
• Brig  S C Sharma (retd.), President, Axis Aerospace & Technologies

1525 - 1600

Q&A

1600 - 1615

Offsets: OEM Perspective by Mr. George White, Director-International Strategic Partnerships South Asia, Boeing Defense, Space & Security

1615 - 1635

Offsets: IOP Perspective by

• Col H S Shankar (Retd.), Chairman & Managing Director, Alpha Design Technologies Limited
• Cmde Mukesh Bhargava (Retd.), Vice President and Head-International Defence, Nuclear and Aerospace Business, L&T

1635 - 1645

Offsets: Service Industry Perspective by Mr Pritpal Singh Chhinna, Head- Manufacturing and Hi Tech, WIPRO Ltd

1645 - 1655

Offsets:  Indian Industry Perspective by  Col Rajinder Singh Bhatia (Retd), CEO, Bharat Forge Limited

1655 - 1730

Q&A