Two day Defence Indigenisation Expo from March 5

With the Defence Ministry announcing a Rs 20 crore grant to set up a Defence Innovation Centre, a two-day 'Defence Indigenisation Expo', the first of the kind in this region, will get underway from March 5 here.
This would be a platform for MSMEs to understand the products, specifications, procurement policies, standards and other pre-requisites to become a vendor to the Defence Public Sector Undertakings, Coimbatore District Small Industries Association President, Sundaram told reporters today.
CODISSIA office bearers have since visited some DPSUs, such as BEL, BEML, HAL and Heavy Vehicles Factory, to know the requiirements and identify the capabilities of MSMEs in the region, he said.

Codissia, being the nodal agency for setting up the centre, was not not looking only on its members,but the entire community of entrepreneurs, including big corporates, he said.
Besides HAL, BEML, BEL, Goa Shipyard, the Mazagon Dock Ordnance Factory Board, DRDO and three services - Indian Army, Navy and IAF would be taking part in the expo and will showcase components which need to be indigenised.