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Seminar on Make in India for defence

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in partnership with the Maharashtra Ex-servicemen Corporation Ltd (MESCO) has organised a seminar on Make in India for defence, in light of promoting Make in India on Saturday .
Seminar on Make in India for defence
PUNE: The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in partnership with the Maharashtra Ex-servicemen Corporation Ltd (MESCO) has organised a seminar on Make in India for defence, in light of promoting Make in India on Saturday .
A statement issued by the CII said that Pune being a hub in manufacturing for auto and ancillary and also having various defence manufacturing companies and research institutes, the seminar was organised in the city.

The seminar aims to provide platform to local defence industry to experience the exhibits and offerings and look for opportunities to team up to target indigenisation.
Manohar Parrikar, Union Minister of Defence, will be present for the seminar along with Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis.
The seminar will take place at Hotel Sun-n-Sand, Peshwa I and II Hall on Bund Garden road.
The Seminar will focus on the need of indigenisation and evolve teaming models to address critical areas through defence cooperation. It will address the challenges faced by Indian defence forces for Life support for supplied products and knowledge sharing platform for new technologies and harness opportunities in frugal engineering, the statement added.
A book titled -- Perspectives on India's defence offset policy, edited by Manmohan S Sodhi and Col Rajiv Bhargava (Retd) will also be launched during the seminar.
Various sessions on challenges in defence manufacturing and suggested solutions, policy imperatives for Make in India, industry-public sector partnership for Make in India among others will also be conducted.
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