New Delhi, 24 January 2022: Ministry of Defenceis hosting the 12th edition of prestigious biennial defence exhibition Def Expo 2022 from 10th to 13th Mar 2022 at Gandhinagar, Gujarat. This mega defence International Exhibition is focussing on Land, Air, Naval, Internal Homeland security and electronic systems. The event provides a unique opportunity for firms within the defence industry to showcase their capabilities, products & services to the targeted audience of Industry leaders and business decision makers. Government of India with policy initiative of ‘Make in India” and ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat” believes that India has tremendous potential to become a leading supplier of complete defence solutions to many of its friendly nations. Theme for Defexpo 2022 is “India-The Emerging Defence Manufacturing Hub”.
In the run up to the Defexpo, a series of 8 webinars are being conducted between January 20, 2022 and February 24, 2022 with participation from leading luminaries and eminent speakers. The Defexpo webinars are focused on path breaking topics and will be streamed worldwide.
The details of webinars, schedule, speaker’s profile, and the link for participation for each webinar session are made available on Defexpo website (https://defexpo.gov.in). The schedule of the webinar is as follows:-
Webinar schedule
Sl. No | Date | Conducting Organization/Speaker | Topic |
1 | 20/01/2022
15:00hrs -16:30 hrs |
SIDM | Opportunities and way ahead for India’s role in global Defence manufacturing |
2 | 24/01/2022
11:00 hrs-12:00 hrs |
Synergia Foundation
Sh. Tobby Simon President, Synergia Foundation and other eminent speakers |
The Future of warfare (Primarily in Asia) |
3 | 03/02/2022
15:30 hrs-17:00 hrs |
ASSOCHAM | Synergy of policies of GOI for ease of doing business |
4 | 09/02/2022
15:00 hrs-16:00 hrs |
DRDO
Chairman, DRDO |
Building ecosystem for advanced Technology based systems |
5 | 11/02/2022
15:30 hrs-17:00 hrs |
ASSOCHAM | Addressing gaps in Defence Production: Industry 4.0, Additive manufacturing etc. |
6 | 14/02/2022
11:00 hrs-12:00 hrs |
DGAQA
Sh.Achandrasekaran, Director/Aircraft, DGAQA |
Recent QA initiatives in the field of Military Aviation |
7 | 17/02/2022
15:00 hrs-16:00 hrs |
Bharat Chamber | Rejuvenating Defence Production and Exports from Eastern India |
8 | 24/02/2022
15:00 hrs-16:45 hrs |
Bharat Shakti
Moderator: Sh. Nitin Gokhale |
Indian Defence Industry’s growth linked umbilically to MSMEs |
The webinars are being streamed live on YouTube channel of Department of Defence Production and the recordings of webinars are also being made available on Defexpo 2022 website.