Defence Minister Inaugurates DEFCOM-2015
The Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar has stressed the need to
enhance the Information, Communications, Technology, Electronics and
Cyber (ICTEC) infrastructure capabilities of the Indian Army to ensure
protection from disruptive cyber-attacks and manipulations. Addressing
the inaugural function of the two day long DEFCOM-2015 here today, Shri
Parrikar said, while we progress through the use of ICTEC and make the
army more digitalised, the other danger is disruption by the
adversaries. “My worry is information black out which can result out of
disruptive mechanisms” he said.
The minister said that the future wars may be in the form of cyber wars
but he strongly felt that the conventional armies cannot be replaced and
should be equipped by providing them the information to fight in a well
decided, equipped and planned manner. Describing India as source of
human intelligence he said, we have been in the forefront of software
development and now there is a need to go into better hardware designing
and integration in our streams.
Lt. Gen Nitin Kohli, Signal Officer-in-Chief and Colonel Commandant
Corps of Signal in his speech said the Indian Army is moving towards net
centricity and is implementing a large number of communications and
information technology projects. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
Director General, Shri Chandrajit Banerjee and CII Chairman, Shri Kiran
Karnik also spoke on the occasion.
The DEFCOM-2015 is jointly conducted by the Corps of Signal (Indian
Army) and CII under the theme “leveraging ICTEC Infrastructure and
Harnessing the Human Capital for Digital Army”. The event presents an
ideal platform for all participants to understand each other’s
capabilities and needs in ICTEC field, synergise their efforts and
emerge with a pragmatic way forward.
The Defence Minister also inaugurated an exhibition of leading edge
equipment by over fifty manufacturers of Indian and International
Industry at the venue.
The function was attended by the Chief of the Army Staff General Dalbir
Singh, Senior Army Officers, distinguished speakers and luminaries from
Indian Industry, Academia and R&D organisations.
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