DAY 1 - FRIDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2021

Military Application of UAVs

Session 1 - Inaugural Session (0930-1045 hrs)

Welcome Address. Lt Gen Sunil Srivastava, AVSM, VSM*, Director CENJOWS

Inaugural Address. Air Marshal SP Wagle, VM, DCIDS (DOT), HQ Integrated Defence Staff.

Keynote Address. Lt Gen KJS Dhillon, UYSM, YSM, VSM, Director General Defence Intelligence Agency.

Theme Address. Maj Gen Atul Rawat, AVSM, Offg Director General Perspective Planning, Army HQ.

Industry Perspective. Col KV Kuber, Director Defence & Aerospace, Ernst & Young.

Release of EY-IMR Knowledge Paper on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.

Session 2 - Emerging Technologies and Roles of UAVs (1100 – 1215 hrs)

Chairman: Maj Gen KV Jauhar, Addl DG Army Design Bureau

1100 - 1110 hrs Introduction to panelists and Chairman's Talk.

1110 - 1125 hrs “DRDO’s UAV Projects” Dr Rajagopal G, Scientist G, Aeronautical Development Est.

1125 - 1155 hrs "Future of Unmanned Air Operations in Contested Airspace". Sameer Joshi, CEO, NewSpace Technologies

1140 - 1210 hrs Industry Presentation. David Peel, Sales Director Asia, Schiebel.

1210 - 1220 hrs Discussion/ Q&A

Session 3 - UAV Capabilities and Requirements (1215 – 1330 hrs)

Chairman: Air Vice Marshal Kirti Khajuria, Ops Offensive Branch, Air HQ

1230 - 1240 hrs Introduction of panelists and Chairman's Opening Remarks

1240 - 1255 hrs "RPAs and the IAF Requirments". Gp Capt NK Chaubey, Air Ops Offensive, Air HQ.

1255 - 1310 hrs "Indian Army's RPA Requirements." Col Kumar Gaurav, Director, Army Aviation Dte.

1310 - 1325 hrs “Drone and Unmanned Underwater Vehicle operations across maritime domain”

Commander (AW)-RPA, ACNS (Air), Naval HQ.

1325 – 1340 hrs Discussion/ Q&A

Session 4 - Innovations and Counter-UAVs (1430 – 1530 hrs)

Chairman: Lt Gen PR Shankar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Retd, former Director General Artillery.

1430 - 1440 hrs Chairman’s talk “Battlespace and Unmanned Aerial Platforms”

1440 - 1455 hrs “Countering the UAV Threat” Brig Manish Kumar, Brig (AD Ops & C2), AAD Dte.

1455 - 1510 hrs “Swarm Drones and Experimentation”. Col Rajan Desai, Col (Avn), Army Design Bureau.

1510 - 1525 hrs Discussion/ Q&A

Session 5 - UAVs for Law & Order and Security (1545 – 1700 hrs)

Chairman: Sh Nalin Prabhat, IG Ops CRPF HQ.

1545 - 1555 hrs Chairman's Opening Remarks.

1555 - 1610 hrs "Drones Employment and Requirements for Law & Order". Indra Dev Shukla, Special CP, Delhi Police.

1610 - 1625 hrs “Countering cross-border drones menace” Brig Vijay Mehta, DIG (Ops), BSF HQ.

1625 - 1640 hrs Discussion/ Q&A

DAY 2 - SATURDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2021

Civil Application of UAVs

Session 6 – Inaugural Session (0930 – 1030 hrs)

Welcome Address. Lt Gen Sunil Srivastava, AVSM, VSM*, Director CENJOWS

Inaugural Address. Sh Amber Dubey, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation

Special Address. TBA

Session 7 - Drones for Infrastructure (1045 – 1230 hrs)

Chairman: Maj Gen G Shankarnarayanan, Retd, Adviser Defence Technologies

1015 - 1025 hrs Chairman’s Opening Remarks

1025 - 1040 hrs Industry Presentation. Mr Ulrich Amberg, CEO Swiss Drones.

1040 – 1055 hrs Industry presentation. Anil Chandaliya, CEO, PDRL AeroMegh.

1055 – 1110 hrs “Use of drones for Highways”, Mr. Deepak Saxena, General Manager (IT), National Highways Authority of India

1110 - 1125 hrs “Use of drones for infrastructure” Gp Capt RK Narang, Retd.

1125 – 1145 hrs Special Talk. Sh Amitabh Kant. CEO Niti Aayog.

1145 - 1200 hrs Discussion/ Questions & Answers

Session 8 - Drones for Civil Assistance (1215 - 1345 hrs)

Chairman: Gp Capt RK Narang, VM, IAF

1215 - 1225 hrs Chairman's Opening Remarks.

1225 - 1240 hrs “Drones for Disaster Relief" Brig Ajai Gangwar, Adviser Ops & Comms, National Disaster Management Authority.

1240 - 1255 hrs "Employment of drones by ICAR". Dr K Alagusundaram, Deputy Director General (Agriculture Engineering), Indian Council of Agriculture Research.

1255 - 1310 hrs "Medicines from the Sky Initiative,” Smt Rama Devi Lanka, OSD ITE&C Dept, Govt of Telangana.

1310 - 1325 hrs Questions & Answers

Closing Remarks. Lt Gen Sunil Srivastava, AVSM, VSM*, Director CENJOWS

Vote of Thanks. Maj Gen Ravi Arora, Chief Editor, Indian Military Review.

Sunday, 19 September 2021

Replay of Day 1 Proceedings on Military UAVs

Monday, 20 September 2021

Replay of Day 2 Proceedings on Civil UAVs