Stakeholders discuss CoE for aviation indigenization
   Date :21-Oct-2020

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Business Bureau :
 
Recently a meeting was held under here in the city to explore opportunities for setting up a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for aviation indigenization at Nagpur. P M Parlewar, Director, MSME-DI, Nagpur, presided over the meeting where executives of Reliance Dassault System, Vidarbha Defence Industries Association (VDIA) and others took part. Rohit Mahajan, Senior Executive from Dassault Systems, Dushyant Deshpande, Dilip Gondnale, Executives Yash Thodge from VDIA, Nagpur, Harihar Deshpande, Nitin Welankar, from M/s Welan Technologies along with other officers from MSME-DI, Nagpur attended the meeting.
 
The objective of the meeting was to discuss issues regarding setting up of Centre of Excellence (CoE) at Nagpur by VDIA with their strategic partners Dassault Systems and its business associates Welan Technologies with the support of MSME-DI, Nagpur. They proposed to leverage their strength to bring more and more catalysts to instill competence amongst the MSMEs in collaboration with MSME-DI Nagpur office. In the beginning, Parlewar welcomed all the participants and explained in brief the working of MSME and its objective to promote and develop industries and promote entrepreneurship.
 
He also briefed the dignitaries about the various schemes of Ministry of MSME for the promotion of industries like flagship scheme of cluster development, skill development, Business Incubation, Export promotion, Atmanirbhar Bharat (vocal for local) etc. He also gave power point presentation on Cluster development scheme and also they were briefed about the Orange City Garment Cluster Nagpur which was set up by MSME-Di Nagpur (through a short film on OCGC cluster).
 
Rohit Mahajan gave a power point presentation regarding Karnataka pattern. He said that in furtherance to initiative project affected persons, industrial workforce, academia, MSMEs in skill development, design, development and manufacturing of indigenous products under Atmanirbhar Bharat, they proposed to leverage their strength to bring more and more catalyst to instill competence amongst the MSMEs in collaboration with MSME-DI at Nagpur. Duhyant Deshpande briefed about Defence Cluster being developed by VFIA at MIHAN Nagpur and informed that if MSME-DI leads in establishing CoE they will provide land and building inside the defence cluster. The meeting concluded with the formal vote of thanks.