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CIAL workshop begins today

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Karim to open the two-day programme

Kochi: The Kerala State Industries Development Corporation (KSIDC), in collaboration with the Aeronautical Society of India (AeSI), Kochi, and the Society of Indian Aerospace Technologies and Industries (SIATI), Bangalore, is holding a two-day workshop on ‘industrial opportunities in aerospace and defence sectors’ at Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) from Thursday.

Elamaram Karim, Minister for Industries, will inaugurate the workshop. S. Sarma, Minister for Fisheries and Registration, will preside over the inaugural function. T. Balakrishnan, Principal Secretary (Industries) will deliver the keynote address and C.G. Krishnadas Nair, CIAL Managing Director and honorary president of SIATI, will give his special address.

Aimed at providing a platform for various industries, especially those in the public sector, to interact with representative from the forces on the requirements of the defence and aerospace sectors, the workshop is part of the initiative undertaken to progressively indigenise defence production.

Certain sessions in the workshop will deal specifically with vendor service procedures and vendor support services.

Presentations will also be made on opportunities available for various industries to partake in defence material production in these two sectors of growth.

Organisations like Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), CIAL, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Brahmos Aerospace, Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL) and BEML will participate in the two-day deliberations.

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