Ratan Shrivastava

The author is an Independent Consultant on Aerospace, Defence & Space. He is also an Honorary Advisor to FICCI – Space Division. Ratan has a successful global & domestic career , leading business units with P&L, management consulting in Aerospace & Defence and capital acquisitions at the Ministry of Defence. Ratan was the Head - Defence Exports, at Ashok Leyland Ltd where he led geographic expansion into African & UN PKO markets . He was the Founder Director & Practice Leader, Aerospace & Defence Practice, (South Asia & Middle East) and later, Director - Aerospace & Defense Practice (Asia Pacific) at the consulting firm, Frost & Sullivan. In the Army, he held important appointments in the acquisition wing of the Ministry of Defence.