The Tejas Saga & The Future of Indian Aerospace Capability - 13 Feb 2021

THE

TEJAS SAGA

&

SATURDAY FEB 13, 2021 | 6.00 PM IST

THE FUTURE OF INDIAN AEROSPACE CAPABILITY 6:00 PM

Welcome Address

Gp Capt R Vijayakumar (Retd), VSM Executive Director Madras Management Association

Guests of Honour Dr Kota Harinarayana Padmashri Distinguished Scientist Program Director ADA and Chief Designer LCA

Air Marshal P Rajkumar PVSM AVSM VM M-in-D (Veteran) Founding Director of NFTC Former Program Director ADA Former Commandant ASTE

Fireside Chat with Air Marshal M Matheswaran (Retd) AVSM VM PhD (Veteran) Chairman & President The Peninsula Foundation, Chennai

Q&A Session

Share your questions by SMS/Whatsapp to 98401 23906 7:45 PM

Vote of Thanks

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synopsis The order for 83 Tejas-LCA Mk 1A (inclusive of 10 Mk1 trainers) is the first major order of indigenous fighter aircraft from HAL after nearly 50 years. The fructification of the Tejas-LCA, after more than decades of work, signals a major milestone for Indian aerospace industry and capability. It symbolises the Atmanirbhar spirit in a big way. What does this mean for the future of Indian aerospace capability?

LCA-Tejas

should

be

seen

as

the

beginning

of

much

more

developments

to

come

in

the

Indian

aerospace ecosystem. TPF and MMA have brought together the two distinguished pioneers of the LCATejas from its beginning – Air Marshal Philip Rajkumar (V), who oversaw the entire flight-testing and development of the Tejas, and Dr Kota Harinarayana Rao, the Chief Designer of the LCA and the first Program

Director

of

ADA.

Engaging

them

in

Conversation

will

be

Air

Marshal

M

Matheswaran

(V),

President of The Peninsula Foundation, himself a Test Pilot and has been involved in various studies on LCA for the IAF and the MOD.

DISTINGUISHED

PANELISTS

Air Marshal P Rajkumar PVSM AVSM VM M-in-D (Veteran)

Dr Kota Harinarayana

Air Marshal M Matheswaran AVSM VM PhD (Veteran)

Distinguished Scientist, Dr Kota

Air Marshal Philip Rajkumar has

Air Marshal M Matheswaran has

Harinarayana

is

had

had

of

state-of-the-art

India’s

the

architect

a

distinguished

career

of

a

distinguished

career

of

39 years in the IAF from 1962 to

more than 39 years in the IAF.

2001. He is a 1965 war veteran,

He is the former Deputy Chief

his illustrious career of almost

Experimental

a

of Integrated Defence Staff at

five

graduate

Imperial

HQ IDS and was the Senior Air

fighter

aircraft

decades,

responsible the

entire

LCA-Tejas.

he

has

positions gamut

In

held

covering

of

aircraft

Test

of

Defence

Pilot,

the

College,

UK.

and

The

Air

Staff

Officer

in

Eastern

Marshal has vast experience in

Command.

lifecycle. He began his career

operational,

Experimental Test Pilot and has

with HAL in 1967, joined DRDO

development

in

senior

1970,

Chief

and

rejoined

Designer

at

HAL

as

Nashik

in

flight projects

leadership

has

testing,

been

and

positions.

He

instrumental

in

been

He

Air

involved

is

in

an

extensive

flight testing and development projects

and

is

a

former

1982. He was appointed as the

overseeing

LCA

development, and flight testing

alumnus

Chief Designer of LCA in Dec

of

entire

National Defence College. The

1985.

program.

founding

Air Marshal has held a number

Program

A

Varanasi his

Director

graduate (BHU),

Bangalore Bombay. program

PhD

Through has

IIT-

obtained

from

and

he

of

he

Masters

and

IISC,

from

the

IIT,

Tejas

contributed

the

LCA-Tejas

Director Test

the

He of

the

Centre

testing

is

in the

the

appointed

as

from

to

its

National

(NFTC)

of

2001

design,

Tejas,

Flight

for and

Director, 2003.

He

commandant of ASTE. He is an

of

of

TACDE

command in

operations,

was

development,

and

acquisition.

ADA

He

is

University

a

holds

a of

of

Bangalore. He is currently the

International

ecosystem. He is

Chairman

Harvard

the recipient of Padmashri and

India, Bangalore.

India’s

aerospace

numerous other awards.

of

Cheshire

staff

appointments

former

of

and

the

flight

immensely to the development

Commandant

and

ASTE,

Homes

Senior

PhD

from

Madras

Fellow

in

He

is

National

a

and from

School

Governance, University.

and

Security

Kennedy

the

of

Harvard is

the

founding

Chairman and President of The Peninsula

Foundation,

a

policy

think tank based in Chennai.