Two and a half decades experience in the Indian Air Force and half a decade at senior management position in the corporate sector steering high value defence programs provides unique capability to build local industry partners and set-up Maintenance Repair and Overhaul facility for life cycle support of the FMS case. Many years of work experience in armed forces and critical understanding of organisation structure and requirements of Service Headquarters (SHQs) will help overlook delivery, post delivery follow-on support and training requirements through the life of the FMS program
Graduate in Economics and MBA in International Business Strategy and Personal Management from premier management institutes
• Career spanning twenty five years in Indian Air Force, understands nuances underpinning procurement procedures, program pursuit and functioning of key procurement directorates in Service Headquarters (SHQs)
• Worked across across all operational and training formations including key directorate at Air Headquarters in New Delhi
• Prominent commentator on policy iteration related to defence economy in India and abroad
• Worked in Indian Air Force's premier think tank, and was deeply engaged in subjects related to India's defence and aerospace industry interacting with key procurement directorates of Army and Navy; Academia; Industry leaders and Diplomats
• Presented peer reviewed papers at prestigious conferences organized by CII, FICCI, ASSOCHAM, Observers Research Foundation (ORF), Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS), National Defence University (NDU Taiwan), Institute of Far Eastern Studies Russian Academy of Sciences (IFES Russia) etc
• Authored book titled ‘Dragon in the Air Transformation of Aviation Industry and the Air Force' which was well received
• Worked at senior management position in Bharat Forge Limited spearheading outreach programs, exploring new businesses and new geographies, and policy iteration related to defence, aerospace and manufacturing sectors
• Worked in cross functional teams of key defence programs like Naval Utility Helicopter; Reconnaissance and Surveillance Helicopter for Indian Army, Future Infantry Combat Vehicle; Track indigenisation for Strela-10M and upgrades for BMP-2; Russian Helicopters program (Ka-226); Indigenisation of engine parts for Sukhoi and also participated in preliminary discussions to manufacture assault rifles
• Initiated outreach in middle economies (Vietnam) to explore maintenance, repair and overhaul of legacy Russian platforms, systems and components by taking advantage of geography and company's core competence of maintaining similar platforms in India
• Understanding on SCOMET compliance in high-technology sectors and nuances related to strategic trade regulations helped initiate program in South Asia
Flagship programs
• Reconnaissance and Surveillance Helicopter for Army and Air Force
• Naval Utility Helicopter
• Make program for Future Infantry Combat Vehicle worth US $10billion
• Make program for manufacturing diesel engines for Indian Navy
Policy Iteration
• Deliberations on draft Defense Procurement Procedure 2016
• Draft formulation of new ‘Make' Procedure' and ‘Strategic Partnership'
• Member of Defence sub-committees
• Understanding of ‘Offset' procedures
Highly networked and well known in business associations often called to interact with visiting foreign dignitaries in sectors pertaining to defense, aerospace and manufacturing
Project Management
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