My first encounter with Manohar Parrikar was when he was the Defence Minister. He was scheduled to address a seminar jointly hosted by my organization and an Industry Association on 25 February, 2016 at the India International Centre, New Delhi.
The theme of the conclave was Self Reliance in Defence through Design and Development. The new Defence Procurement Procedure – 2016 was expected to be released during the DefExpo at Goa. The industry had many a question to be answered and Parrikar amended our format for conduct of the conclave in tune with the mood of the audience. He did away with his talk and instead devoted the next hour to a question answer session.Read More…
