UV India 2011 - Events

UV India 2011 Oct 13 - Oct 14 2011

IMPORTANT INFORMATION - ALL NON-INDIAN VISITORS NEED TO SUBMIT THIER PASSPORT DETAILS BY MONDAY 10th OCTOBER TO ENSURE ACCESS TO THE MANEKSHAW CENTRE. Please email your details to May Kee Koh mkk@shephard.co.uk. THIS IS A SECURITY REQUIREMENT OF THE MANEKSHAW CENTRE.

India has ambitious plans for using UAVs to protect and patrol its land and maritime borders, but acquiring and fielding the necessary hardware is proving problematic, discovers Rahul Bedi, journalist for
Unmanned Vehicles.

Read the full article here and discover why you should attend UV India.

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India contact: Major General Ravi Arora on rk.arora@idyb.com
Rest of World contact: Alex Giles on arg@shephard.co.uk

Conference
Exhibition
Venue

The conference will focus on the development and employment of UVs and their potential in India to include Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles, Micro and Mini UAVs, Unmanned Ground Vehicles (surveillance, EOD, load carrying), Payloads (Sensors, EW, Weapons), Ground Stations (data-links, launch and recovery systems), Aerial Targets and Maritime Unmanned Systems.

The conference will have high level participation from the Indian Army, Indian Navy, Indian Air Force, DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Academia, Defence Public Sector Undertakings and other Defence Establishments. The best international speakers and experts will address the audience.

As well as the high spec conference, the event also aims to bring in international companies into India and identify possible avenues for joint collaboration and promote proactive participation of industry in development of UVs.

Inaugural Address

Lieutenant General D S Chauhan, Director General Defence Intelligence Agency, HQ Integrated Defence Staff

Opening and closing address

Admiral Arun Prakash (Ret'd), former Indian Navy Chief

Keynote

Dr VK Saraswat, Director General, Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), Secretary Dept of Defence Research MoD and Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister

Chairmen

Major General (Ret'd) K B Kapoor, Director Centre for Joint Warfare Studies (CENJOWS)
Brigadier (Ret'd) Gurmeet Kanwal, Director, Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS)
Air Commodore (Ret'd) Jasjit Singh, AVSM, VrC, VM, Director Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS)
Vice Admiral (Ret'd) Pradeep Kaushiva, the newly appointed Director of the National Maritime Foundation

Speakers

Air Vice-Marshal M Matheswaran, AVSM, VM, PhD, Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Space), Indian Air Force
Major General Vijay Sharma, Additional Director General Engineer Staff, E-in-C Branch, Army HQ Rear Admiral D M Sudan, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Air), Naval HQ
Major General P R Shankar, General Officer Commanding Artillery Division, Indian Army
Brigadier T S Sidana, VSM, Deputy Director General Engineer Staff (B), E-in-C's Branch, Army HQ
Dr V Bhujanga Rao, Distinguished Scientist & Chief Controller R&D, DRDO HQ
Mr P S Krishnan, Distinguished Scientist & Director, Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) Bangalore
Dr S Guruprasad, Scientist 'G' & Director Research & Development Establishment (Engineers), Pune
Colonel Bhanu Rajesh, Commanding Officer 125 Surveillance & Target Acquisition Regiment, Indian Army

Closing Address

Lieutenant General Vinod Nayanar, AVSM, VSM, Director General Artillery, Indian Army

View conference programme >

BAE Systems and Cassidian now confirmed as sponsors
The exhibition is free to attend, register here >

There is a wide range of branding, exhibition, partnership and sponsorship opportunities on offer, allowing your organisation to get the most out of this key event in the UV community’s calendar.

If you would like to discuss the options available at this event,
contact Nicos Charalambous on +44 (0)1753 727013, email nc@shephard.co.uk

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Venue
Manekshaw Centre,
Khyber Lines, Delhi Cantonment,
New Delhi, Delhi, India

The Manekshaw Centre is a modern multi-utility state-of-the-art building constructed in 2010. Built at a cost of $14.5 million and spread over 25 acres. The Centre was inaugurated by Mrs Pratibha Patil, Hon’ble President of India on 21st October 2010.

Built in the memory of Field Marshal SHFJ Manekshaw, it is situated on the left side of the main road (NH8) from International Airport-Dhaula Kuan-Hotel ITC Maurya (approx. distance from Airport-9 kms; from Hotel ITC Maurya 5 kms).

The Convention Centre is designed to hold conferences, seminars, exhibitions, stage performances, investiture ceremonies and banquets.

How to get there

1. From Dhaula Kuan Intersection: Take the National Highway 8 to International Airport/ Gurgaon. Manekshaw Centre is 3.5km from the intersection on the right.

2. From International Airport: Take the National Highway 8 to Dhaula Kuan. Manekshaw Centre is -- km after descending from the -- flyover on the left.

Please refer to the map in the downloads section at the bottom of the page.

Headquarters Hotel

ITC Hotel, The Maurya

Diplomatic Enclave, Sardar Patel Marg, New Delhi 110 021, India
Tel : (91) (11) 26112233 Fax : (91) (11) 26113333

ITC Maurya is named after the famous ‘Mauryan” dynasty which gave Indian history it’s golden age where art, culture and architecture flourished.

ITC Maurya built over 5.5 acres, is an architectural masterpiece standing tall in the heart of India’s Capital. This luxury hotel is conceptualized as a landmark in Delhi representing the durable characteristics of Mauryan architecture in the exterior finishes as well as appropriate embellishments in the interior decor.

Hotel Bookings

A number of rooms have been reserved at some special rates at The Maurya Hotel for UV India attendees. Please see the hotel booking form in the downloads section for the specail rates and information on how to book directly with the hotel.