ABOUT THE BOOK
fjrigjwwe9r0pp_Books:Description
The book attempts to study the
defence industrialisation process that has been adopted by the militarily developed
and developing nations to analyse, orient and adapt their best practices to the
Indian defence industry and technological base. The analysis reveals that there
is a requirement to re-assess, re-align & re-model the Indian defence
industry apparatus in line with the vision of accelerating indigenisation,
self-sufficiency and strategic capability, as pertaining to military systems.
The book in its introductory chapter reviews the evolution and current
realities of the Indian Defence Industry to arrive at the objective and scope
of the research work. In the second chapter it reviews the journey of defence
industrialisation in India up to 2015. Next, it reviews two fast-upcoming
defence industries of Israel and South Korea to draw important takeaway’s for
India. This is followed by analysing the international practices that have been
adopted by the defence industry of two leading military nations i.e. the US and
China. Such an analysis further brings out valuable defence industry
experiences and vital lessons for the defence planners. The book in its
concluding chapter suggests three plausible options for remodeling the Indian
programme, discusses the most pragmatic option and the resultant feasible model
in detail, recommends the way ahead for India before finally suggesting an
action plan for MAKE IN INDIA in the
Defence Sector.
ABOUT Author
fjrigjwwe9r0pp_Books:aboutAuthor
Brig Ranjit Ghosh is a Senior Fellow at the Defence Economics and
Industry Centre of IDSA. He has had varied operational and staff experience of
32 years in the Indian Army. As Commandant and Managing Director of an Army
Base Workshop he was responsible for planning and executing the re-capitalisation
programme of Infantry Combat Vehicles (ICV) and Armoured Recovery Vehicles
(ARVs) of the Indian Army. As Deputy Director General at the Integrated
Headquarter of MOD (Army), he was associated with the ongoing defence
procurements and handled the Ordnance Factories (OFs), Defence Public Sector
Undertakings (DPSU’s), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and
the Private Sector, on issues relating to the induction and sustenance
engineering activities of military equipment and weapon systems. He is alumni
of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, the College of
Defence Management (CDM), Secunderabad and the National Defence Academy (NDA),
Khadakwasla. During his M Tech programme he stood first in the order of merit
while specialising in Maintenance Engineering and Management from IIT Madras.
He also has a degree of Masters in Management Studies (MMS) from the Osmania
University in Defence Management.