Key Faces
Rajnath Singh
Defence Minister of India
Rajesh Kumar Singh
Defence Secretary
Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi
Chief of Navy Staff
Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari PVSM AVSM VM
Vice Chief of the Air Staff
Lieutenant General Pratik Sharma
Northern Army Commander
Vice Admiral Arti Sarin
Director General of Armed Forces Medical Services
Col. Anshu Jamwal
Commanding Officer, Indian Army
General Manoj Pande
(Retd.), Former Chief, Army Staff
Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari
(Retd.), Former Chief, Air Staff
Amit Kalyani
Vice Chairman and Joint MD, Bharat Forge Limited
Nikhil Joshi
MD, Boeing Defence India
Ashish Rajvanshi
CEO, Adani Defence & Aerospace
Arun T Ramchandani
Senior Vice President, L&T Precision Engineering & Systems
A S Lakshminarayanan
MD and CEO, Tata Communications Limited
Ashok Wadhawan
Joint President & Head, Land Systems, Adani Defence & Aerospace
Puneet Kaura
Managing Director & CEO at SAMTEL AVIONICS LTD.
Atul Dinkar Rane
Former DG, BrahMos Aerospace
Amit Navin Mahajan
Director, Paras Defence
Rahul Singh
Co-Founder and VP Engineering, ideaForge
Sameer Joshi
CEO, NewSpace Research & Technologies
Sandeep Agarwal
Founder & CMD, Exicom Technologies
Dr. D. K. Sunil
Chairman and Managing Director, HAL
Matthew Jones
Senior Vice-President, Africa, Middle East, Asia Pacific, DTC a CODAN Company
Shishir Priyadarshi
President, Chintan Research Foundation
Ashish Saraf
VP and Country Head, Pratt & Whitney
Agenda - 2025
10:15 AM
Operation Sindoor: A Strategic and Operational Success
Keynote Address: Rajnath Singh
Defence Minister of India
11:00 AM
In Defence of Atmanirbhar Bharat
Rajesh Kumar Singh
Defence Secretary
11:30 AM
Defence Manufacturing at Scale: India’s Tryst with Self-Reliance
Ashish Rajvanshi
CEO, Adani Defence & Aerospace
11:50 AM
Offence and Defence: Role of India’s Sword Arm in Op Sindoor
Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari PVSM AVSM VM
Vice Chief of the Air Staff
12:20 PM
Building India’s Defence Backbone
Ashish Rajvanshi
CEO, Adani Defence & Aerospace
Amit Kalyani
Vice Chairman and Joint MD, Bharat Forge Limited
Arun T Ramchandani
Senior Vice President, L&T Precision Engineering & Systems
Shishir Priyadarshi
President, Chintan Research Foundation
1:00 PM
Indian Army: From Restraint to Response
Lieutenant General Pratik Sharma
Northern Army Commander
1:30 PM
Make in India, Build for the World
Nikhil Joshi
MD, Boeing Defence India
Ashok Wadhawan
Joint President & Head, Land Systems, Adani Defence & Aerospace
Ashish Saraf
VP and Country Head, Pratt & Whitney
2:00 PM
Building India’s Digital Defence Backbone
A S Lakshminarayanan
MD and CEO, Tata Communications Limited
3:30 PM
India’s Journey in Avionics and Aerospace Electronics
Puneet Kaura
Managing Director & CEO at SAMTEL AVIONICS LTD.
3:50 PM
The BrahMos Story
Atul Dinkar Rane
Former DG, BrahMos Aerospace
4:10 PM
Deterrence from the Deep
Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi
Chief of Navy Staff
4:40 PM
Shakti in Uniform: Women Breaking Barriers
Vice Admiral Arti Sarin
Director General of Armed Forces Medical Services
Col. Anshu Jamwal
Commanding Officer, Indian Army
5:00 PM
Drone-Acharya: The Evolution of Drone Warfare
Amit Navin Mahajan
Director, Paras Defence
Rahul Singh
Co-Founder and VP Engineering, ideaForge
Sameer Joshi
CEO, NewSpace Research & Technologies
Sandeep Agarwal
Founder & CMD, Exicom Technologies
05:30 PM
Masterclass: The New Theatres Of War
Matthew Jones
Senior Vice-President, Africa, Middle East, Asia Pacific, DTC a CODAN Company
6:15 PM
Indigenisation of Defence Technology
Dr. D. K. Sunil
Chairman and Managing Director, HAL
6:45 PM
Lessons from the Past
General Manoj Pande
(Retd.), Former Chief, Army Staff
Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari
(Retd.), Former Chief, Air Staff
"No Place For Double Standards": India's Veiled Jibe At Pak At SCO Summit
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has described peace, security, and a trust deficit as the most significant challenges confronting the region during his address at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers' Meeting in China's Qingda
Army Chief's Rundown Of AI Plan To Improve Troops' Mobility, Protection
The Indian Army is in the process of preparing an Artificial Intelligence roadmap in consultation with subject matter experts in a step towards improving its "mobility and protection", Army Chief General Manoj Pande said at NDTV Defence Summit.
Explained: How Emergence Of 'Disruptive Technology' Is Transforming Modern Wars
The emergence of disruptive technology is transforming modern wars and blunting the conventional combat ratio which was a metric to determine the military strength and superiority between states, Army chief General Manoj Pande said.
"Suggest Ideas": Rajnath Singh To Indian Private Firms In Defence Sector
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has asked industry leaders in private defence manufacturing and related services to give ideas for ensuring strong growth of the sector.
"Always Innovation Over Imitation": Rajnath Singh's Defence Sector Mantra
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh emphasised the role of innovation in creating military technology and hardware, arguing that while imitation might be quicker and cheaper, a reliance on copying also meant developing nations would always be behind.
"We Source $1.25 Billion Worth Components From India": Boeing's Alain Garcia To NDTV
Boeing is one of the top aerospace firms that have been sourcing components and services in a massive scale from India, a top executive of the American company said at the first edition of NDTV Defence Summit.
"Working Towards Making India Self-Reliant": Adani Defence CEO
Adani Defence CEO Ashish Rajvanshi today said that the it is working towards making the country self-reliant in the defence sector.
"Swadeshikarn Se Sashaktikaran Is A Work In Progress": Army Chief
Self-reliance or 'Aatmanirbharta' in India's defence industry is a vision of the government for the armed forces to combat future wars which have undergone hybridization with the emergence of new technology and multiple state/non-state actors.
"World Seeing A Return To Conflict For Political Objectives": Army Chief
The geopolitical landscape is facing unprecedented changes and today nations have shown the willingness to use hard power, the Chief of Army Staff, General Manoj Pande, said.
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