Event Highlights

5th February, 2021

0930 Hrs to 1200 Hrs IST

Chandan Singh Aerospace Convention Centre

(IAF Convention Centre), Bengaluru, Karnataka
DIGNITARIES

Hon'ble Raksha Mantri

Sh. Rajnath Singh

General Bipin Rawat Dr. Ajay Kumar Sh. Raj Kumar

Chief of Defence Secretary, Secretary,
Staff, Ministry of Defence Dept. of Defence
Indian Defence Production

Convener

Sh. Lt. Gen. Shantanu Dayal Sh. Sanjay Jaju Sh. Anurag Bajpai
Deputy Chief of Additional Secretary, Joint Secretary,
the Army Staff, Dept. of Defence Production Dept. of Defence Production
Indian Army CEO, iDEX - Defence Additional CEO, iDEX - Defence
Innovation Organisation Innovation Organisation
ORGANISERS

Sh. Vivek Virmani

Planning Officer, Dept.of Defence Production, Min. of Defence,

Chief Operating Officer, iDEX - Defence Innovation Organisation (DIO)

Sh. Mudit Narain

CTO, Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor, Govt. of India

Advisor, iDEX - Defence Innovation Organisation (DIO)

[Event Host & Master of Ceremonies]

Sh. Vish Sahasranamam

Cofounder & CEO, Forge (iDEX Partner Incubator)

ORGANISERS

DIO Forge
Col. Arvind Kumar Vignesh Radhakrishnan

Program Director, DIO Program Manager, Forge

Cdr. Suchin Jain Pratheep Chinnasamy

Program Director, DIO Program Associate, Forge

M N Saquib Khan

Program Executive, DIO

Abhishek Singh

Program Executive, DIO

Vishnoo Prathap Sa.K

Program Executive, DIO

Saurabh Boyar

Program Executive, DIO

Mallika Bhasin

Program Executive, DIO

 10 150+ 20K+
Startup Showcase Live Participants Virtual Participants

15 11 9
DISC 4 iDEX4Fauji Open Challenge
Winners Winners Winners
STARTUP
WALKTHROUGH
10 Aerospace and Defence Startups showcased their products to Hon'ble Raksha Mantri

Sh. Rajnath Singh and other delegates interacted with the Aerospace & Defence
Startups and experienced the demo of See-through Armour System on ICV-BMP 2

Skyroot Aerospace Nyokas Technologies

Gurutvaa Systems D-ESPAT

STARTUP
WALKTHROUGH

Chipspirit Technologies Tonbo Imaging

Big Bang Boom Solutions Dimension NXG

Saif Automation Services Torus Robotics

INAUGURAL
SESSION

Presidential Address
Hon'ble Raksha Mantri, Sh. Rajnath Singh

Keynote Address Keynote Address

Sh. Raj Kumar, Secretary, DDP Dr. Ajay Kumar, Secretary, MoD

iDEX Dashboard (Grant Management Portal) was launched

by Hon'ble Raksha Mantri, Sh. Rajnath Singh
 FELICITATION OF
IDEX4FAUJI WINNERS

iDEX4Fauji
Felicitation of winners by Hon'ble Raksha Mantri

Army Navy
Maj Anoop Mishra Lt Deepak Suman Kumar

Wall Penetrating Radar Robotics in Maritime applications

Capt Rajprasad RS Lt Cdr Alok Sahoo

Xploder – Unmanned IED Disposal ROV Inspection of pipelines & ventilation trunkings

Lt Col Anant Bhatt Lt Cdr Mayank Sharma

Cervical Cancer Detection Using AI Design of portable compact system

Capt Vivek Ram HV

Autonomous Drone Based System Airforce

Capt Rajprasad RS Wing Commander PK Mishra

Tactical Surveillance & Reconnaissance System Remotely Piloted Vehicle Range Extension

Maj Vijendra Singh Yadav Group Captain Pushpinder Kashyap

Synthetic Training Environment Design of a Mobile Missile Testing Station

 FELICITATION OF
OPEN CHALLENGE 1.0 WINNERS

Open Challenge 1.0

Felicitation of winners by Hon'ble Raksha Mantri

Starbru Techsystems

Next gen communication over existing radio network

Hyper Stealth Technologies

Adaptive Stealth

Okulo Aerospace

Long Endurance Aerial Surveillance Platform

Avision Systems

Smart Loitering Munitions for Airforce and Navy

Tunga Services

AI-Based Compiler for verifying and optimizing mission-critical s/w

Newspace Research and Technologies Private Limited

Air-Launched Flexible Asset -Swarm Drones & High Altitude Pseudo Satellite

Fabheads Automation

High-performance Light-Weight Carbon Composite Helicopter Blades

 FELICITATION OF
DISC 4 WINNERS

Defence India Startup Challenge 4

Felicitation of winners by Hon'ble Raksha Mantri

CYRAN AI Solutions Mr Venkatanathan Nataranjan

AI based Satellite Image Analysis Prediction of Atmospheric Visibility

Collaborative Intelligence Puzzles India Technology

AI based Satellite Image Analysis Prediction of Atmospheric Visibility

Skyroot Aerospace Oxygen 2 Innovation

Foliage Penetration Radar Computerized Targets for Virtual Training

Optimized Electrotech AATWRI Group Aerospace and Defence

Foliage Penetration Radar Computerized Targets for Virtual Training

Sagar Defence Mr. Swaroop Sahoo

Autonomous Underwater Swarm Drones Target Detection in Chaff Environment

QED Zeus Numerix

Predictive, & Preventive Machine Monitoring Reduction of RCS of Naval Warships

Flutura + Sunlux Av Garde Systems

Predictive, & Preventive Machine Monitoring Reduction of RCS of Naval Warships

Exact Space Technology

Predictive, & Preventive Machine Monitoring

VOICES AND VIEWS OF
GLOBAL STAKEHOLDERS
Part 1

‘Decoding the Key Success Factors of the ‘Building and scaling a defence tech venture
AFWERX organizational and operating model’ in/from India’
Col Nathan P. Diller Ankit Mehta
Director, AFWERX, USAF CEO, IdeaForge

‘Lessons & Inspirations from the Startup ‘Building Tech Unicorns in the Indian Defence &
Nation’ Aerospace sector’
Yoni Ben Zaken, Sh. Mohandas Pai
CEO and Founder, Cirrus Clouds Ventures, Israel Chairman Aarin Capital & Manipal Global Education.

‘Defence & Aerospace: Final Frontier for Indian

‘Featuring 2/3 top case-studies from DIU’
DeepTech Startups - Vision & Opportunities’
Dr Matt Goldman
Sh. Rajan Anandan
Director - Future Capabilities, DIU
Managing Director, Sequoia Capital and Surge
GOVERNMENT AND
STARTUPS SYNERGY

Session moderated by Sh. Sanjay Jaju, Additional Secretary, Dept. of

Defence Production

Sh. Jayesh Ranjan

Sh. V.L Kantha Rao
Principal Secretary, I&C and IT Dept.,
Director General - Acquisition, MoD
Govt of Telangana.
STARTUP
SPOTLIGHT
Showcase of select 5 iDEX Winners (Innovators)

Flutura + Sunlux
DISC 4 - Predictive Preventive and Prescriptive Machine Monitoring

Sagar Defence Engineering

Optimized Electrotech
DISC 4 - Autonomous Underwater Swarm
DISC 4 - Foliage Penetration Radar
Drones

Starbru Techsystems AVision

Open Challenge 1.0 Open Challenge 1.0
VOICES AND VIEWS OF
GLOBAL STAKEHOLDERS
Part 2

‘Role of incubators in nurturing world-class ‘Looming over the horizon is India’s Startup
technologies & seeding ventures in defence. Decade‘
Prof. B. Gurumoorthy Sh. Ramanathan Ramanan
CEO, SID, IISc Addl Secy, NITI Aayog, Govt. of India, and MD, AIM

Global Influencers Perspectives

Steve Blank
Renowned Global Entrepreneurship Guru & Adjunct Professor, Stanford University

Global Influencers Perspectives Global Influencers Perspectives

John T. Chambers Prof. Sunil Gupta
Founder and Chairman, JC2 Ventures and Edward W. Carter Professor of Business,
Chairman, USISPF Harvard Business School.
LEADERSHIP VIEWS FROM
TRISERVICES

General Bipin Rawat

Chief of Defence Staff

Admiral Karambhir Singh Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria

Chief of the Naval Staff Chief of the Air Staff

General MM Naravane
Chief of the Army Staff
VALEDICTION

Valedictory Note
Sh. Vish Sahasranamam
CEO & Co-Founder, Forge

Startup Manthan 2021 organising team from Defence Innovation Organisation and Forge
[ Left to Right : Sh. Vish Sahasranamam, Pratheep C, Vignesh R, M N Saquib Khan,
Sh. Vivek Virmani, Sh. Anurag Bajpai, Col. Arvind Kumar, Cdr. Suchin Jain, Abhishek Singh ]
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