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Ministry of Defence
The Government of India is responsible for ensuring the defence of India and every part thereof. The Supreme Command of the Armed Forces vests in the President. The responsibility for national defence rests with the Cabinet. This is discharged through the Ministry of Defence, which provides the policy framework and wherewithal to the Armed Forces to discharge their responsibilities in the context of the defence of the country. The Raksha Mantri (Defence Minister) is the head of the Ministry of Defence. The principal task of the Defence Ministry is to obtain policy directions of the Government on all defence and security related matters and communicate them for implementation to the Services Headquarters, Inter-Services Organizations, Production Establishments and Research and Development Organizations. It is also required to ensure effective implementation of the Government's policy directions and the execution of approved programmes within the allocated resources. Ministry of Defence comprises of four Departments viz. Department of Defence (DOD), Department of Defence Production (DDP), Department of Defence Research & Development (DDR&D) and Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare and also Finance Division.
For more information, please click on https://mod.gov.in/
Society of Defence Technologists (S.O.D.E.T)
The Defence Public Sector Undertakings and Ordnance Factories established with Government of India funding have, as their mission, the National goal of ensuring self-reliant industrial support to the Defence Services in the country.The emerging demand of new and high technology products and services called for continuous update of technologies through in-house development and other methods of acquisition. Each of the Defence Public Sector Organisations and Ordnance Factories are in possession of several technologies. In order to ensure exchange of information and pooling of these technological resources for better utilisation of assets, product improvements and development of new products and to also avoid duplication of efforts and generally achieve better value for money it was decided to promote and develop the Society of Defence Technologists with headquarters in Bangalore.
For more information, please click on www.sodet.in
Ordnance Factory Board
The Indian Ordnance Factories organisation – a family of 41 Ordnance Factories under the aegis of its corporate headquarters Ordnance Factory Board, Kolkata – possesses the distinction of over 200 years experience in defence production. They are engaged in production, testing, logistics, research, development and marketing of a comprehensive product range in the area of land, sea and air systems.
Indian Ordnance Factories is the oldest and largest industrial setup which functions under the Department of Defence Production of the Ministry of Defence. The ordnance factories form an integrated base for indigenous production of defence hardware and equipment, with the primary objective of self reliance in equipping the armed forces with state of the art battlefield equipments.
For more information, please click on https://ddpdoo.gov.in/
Bharat Dynamics Limited
BDL was established in the year 1970 to be a manufacturing base for guided weapon systems. Its coming into being reflects the visionary wisdom of the Nation to achieve self-reliance in the technological domain. Nurtured by a pool of talented engineers drawn from DRDO and aerospace industries, BDL began its journey by producing a 1st Generation Anti Tank Guided Missile-the French SS11B1. This product was a culmination of a Licence Agreement the Government of India entered into with Aerospatiale, France. BDL has three manufacturing units, located at Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad, A.P, Bhanur, Medak district, A.P and Visakhapatnam, A.P. Two New Units are planned at Ibrahimpatnam, Ranga Reddy district, A.P. and Amravathi, Maharashtra.
For more information, please click on http://www.bdl-india.in
Bharat Earth Movers Limited
Bharat Earth Movers Limited is a premier ISO 9000 Company in India and the second largest manufacturer of earthmoving equipment in Asia. A three-decade-old multi-locational and multi-product company, BEML offers vital applications in diverse sectors of economy such as coal, mining, steel, cement, power, irrigation, construction, road building and railways. It has expanded its product range to cover high-quality hydraulics, heavy-duty diesel engines, welding robots and undertaking heavy fabrication jobs.
For more information, please click on https://www.bemlindia.in/
Bharat Electronics Limited
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) designs, develops and manufactures state-of-the-art products in the field of Radars, Defence Communications, Telecommunications, Sound and Vision Broadcasting, Opto-electronics, Solar Systems, IT products and Electronic components.
For more information, please click on http://www.bel-india.com
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd
The journey began in 1884, with a small factory on the Eastern Bank of river Hooghly. It was named as Garden Reach Workshop (GRW) in 1916. Later, on 19th April 1960, it was taken over by the Government of India. With diversification in engineering products the name was changed to Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd (GRSE) on 1st Jan 1977.There was no looking back and since then GRSE has delivered more than 600 vessels.
GRSE has emerged as a leading shipyard of India, building a wide array of vessels, from world class Frigates to Fast Interceptor Boats.
For more information, please click on https://grse.in
Goa Shipyard Limited
Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) established in 1957 is today a leading shipyard on the West Coast of India, meeting the exacting requirement of varied customers in the field of design, development, construction, repair, modernisation, testing and commissioning of ships.
With a humble beginning as a small barge building yard, GSL has grown in reputation as one of the most sophisticated ship builders in the country
For more information, please click on https://goashipyard.in/
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) came into existence on 1st October 1964. The Company was formed by the merger of Hindustan Aircraft Limited with Aeronautics India Limited and Aircraft Manufacturing Depot, Kanpur.
The Company traces its roots to the pioneering efforts of an industrialist with extraordinary vision, the late Seth Walchand Hirachand, who set up Hindustan Aircraft Limited at Bangalore in association with the erstwhile princely State of Mysore in December 1940. The Government of India became a shareholder in March 1941 and took over the Management in 1942.
For more information, please click on https://www.hal-india.co.in/
Hindustan Shipyard Limited
Hindustan Shipyard Limited is the first yard to obtain ISO 9001-2000 accreditation. Since inception, the yard has delivered 169 vessels of various types and repaired over 1900 vessels.
For more information, please click on https://www.hslvizag.in/
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited is India's top-of-the-line shipbuilder with an ISO 9001 accreditation. The shipyard has seen the construction of vessels such as Warships (including 6,700 T Destroyers), Submarines, Cargo vessels, Tankers (up to 27,000 DWT), Tugs and Dredgers.
For more information, please click on http://mazagondock.in/
Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited
The unique special metals & alloys plant of India, Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limied (MIDHANI), located in the historic city of Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh State, is a Government of India Enterprise.
It is a unique, modern and integrated metallurgical plant for manufacturing a wide range of special metals and alloys for meeting the critical requirement of strategic industries such as space, defence, power, aeronautical, automobile, electrical, telecommunications, petrochemicals, lamp and general engineering industries.
For more information, please click on https://midhani-india.in/
