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New Delhi [India], June 20 : Ministry of Defence organised a two-day 'Chintan Shivir' in the national capital to discuss different issues and challenges faced by its departments and come out with new ideas for better governance. It concluded on June 20.Department of Defence (DoD), Department of Defence Production (DDP), Department of Military Affairs (DMA) and Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare (DESW) held separate brainstorming sessions, during which eminent subject matter experts shared their insights on a variety of relevant themes."The sessions of DDP spread across two days, were aimed at collective brain-storming, experiential learning, making systemic course corrections and enhancing efficiencies within the indigenous aerospace and defence manufacturing sector," the Ministry of Defence stated.The event, presided over by Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane, was unique in its format as stakeholders' participation included senior officials from the department, Chairman and Managing Directors of Defence Public Sector Undertakings, A-D Industry leadership, Quality Assurance Agencies and Academia, it stated.The DDP sessions were based on five themes - 'Increasing Aatmanirbharta: Road ahead for indigenisation', 'Enhancing Production and Defence Exports', 'Industrial Ecosystem and Skilled Workforce', 'Enhancing Level Playing Field' and 'Quality Reforms' with a panel of experts sharing their viewpoints from diverse domains contributing to the A-D sector.The release stated, "The industry welcomed the open-house discussions in an interactive format and brought out that significant steps taken in the past are assurances that further ground will be covered to achieve the target of domestic A-D production of Rs 1,75,000 crore including A-D exports of USD 5 billion by 2024-25."The DDP has collated the points emanating from the Chintan Shivir so as to make course corrections and reforms in due course for further growth of the indigenous A-D manufacturing sector and imbibe niche technology towards 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat'.Over two days, various issues/challenges relevant to the area of work in DoD were discussed with a view to evolving ideas for better governance/ease of doing business. The broad themes deliberated upon include Cyber Security Challenges to National Security, Comprehensive approach to National Security, Performance Audit, Sainik School Education System, and Capacity Building in Defence Acquisitions, the release stated."During the sessions, eminent subject matter experts from NSCS, Intelligence Bureau, DRDO, C-AG, Serving and retired officers and also from the field of academics, addressed and shared their views on the themes with the officers of DoD. An open house session was also organised wherein, various suggestions for enhancing organisational efficiency were received from the participants," the release mentioned.It further stated, "The sessions of DMA included topics of Integrating and optimising Human Resource aspects, Training and Operational issues towards achieving greater synergy and modernisation and capability augmentation of Armed Forces in the realms of the strategic domain."Deliberations were held on measures to identify and abolish colonial practices and obsolete laws and further incorporate the country's own ethos and practices in the functioning of the Armed Forces, it added.Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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