American Chamber of Commerce in India
Apex Chamber of U.S. Industry in India

Defense Committee Event

Defense has become a key sector with tremendous growth in India. India and the U.S. have made considerable progress to push forth the bilateral defence cooperation and this continues to have a favourable future outlook. As a major supplier of aerospace and defense products to India, the U.S. is keen to look for a way forward in India’s needs and aspirations of achieving self-reliance. This presents significant collaboration opportunities in strategic and technical expertise across defense infrastructure, defense systems and the electronics equipment segment.

The Defense Committee is a forum for discussion on topics related to government-to-government (G2G) and private sector involvement in the growing U.S.-India defense relationship. The committee holds meetings on a regular basis such as networking functions, seminars and conferences to address topics of U.S. defense engagement in India and suggests policy recommendations to the government for reform of the defence sector.

Honorary USG Chairman: 
CAPT Daniel Fillion
Chief Office of Defense Co-operation (ODC)
U.S. Embassy

Industry Chairman: 
Mr. William Blair
Vice President and Chief Executive
Lockheed Martin India Pvt. Ltd.

Industry Co-Chairman: 
Mr. Nikhil Khanna
Managing Director – India
BAE Systems India Services (Pvt.) Ltd.

Industry Co-Chairman: 
Mr. Michael Koch
Vice President
Boeing Defense, Space and Security

Industry Co-Chairman: 
Mr. Gaurav Mehndiratta
Partner – International Tax & Regulatory
KPMG in India

Secretariat: 
Ms. Udaya Arun
Director – Aerospace & Defense
udaya@amchamindia.com

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