Understanding India’s Defense Ecosystem

This executive course equips Defence Attachés and advisers to navigate India’s evolving defence-industrial landscape. It examines the draft Defence Acquisition Procedure 2026, including changes to acquisition categories, indigenous content, and intellectual property, while offering practical guidance on institutional processes, key stakeholders, documentation, timelines, and emerging public-private partnerships.

August 28 @ 9:00 am – 4:30 pm

This executive course equips Defense Attachés and advisers to navigate India’s rapidly evolving defence-industrial landscape. The session offers a practical breakdown of the draft Defense Acquisition Procedure 2026, detailing material changes to category structures, indigenous content thresholds, and intellectual property. Tailored specifically for foreign missions, it provides strategic clarity on navigating institutional procedures, key stakeholders, essential documentation, operational timelines, and emerging public-private partnerships.

The programme comprises five lectures delivered by senior practitioners and subject specialists:

  • The Landscape: Institutions, Decision Makers and Organisational Culture
  • The Rulebook: Defence Procurement from DPP 2016 to DAP 2020 to DAP 2026
  • The Public Backbone: DPSUs, Shipyards and DRDO
  • The Private Surge: Industry, MSMEs, Start-ups and Innovation
  • Working with India: Pathways, Partnerships, Exports and Challenges

Invites only.

Experts

Lt Gen Sanjay Verma
Sanjay Mitra
Vikas Khitha
Dinakar Peri

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New Delhi

New Delhi, India + Google Map

THOUGHTFUL CURATION, IMPACTFUL CONVERSATIONS

Our programs encompass an array of critical topics, including climate security, emerging technologies, gender-sensitive foreign policy, non-traditional security, artificial intelligence, Defense and security, Geopolitics, Regionalism, Internet and society, among others.