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Who Is Attending?
Speakers and dignitaries at the Peninsula Defence and Aerospace Summit (PDAS) 2026.
Speakers & Dignitaries
Shri Sanjay Seth
Minister of State for Defence
General N S Raja Subramani PVSM AVSM SM VSM
Chief of Defence Staff of the Indian Armed Forces
Selvi S Keerthana
Hon’ble Minister for Industries, Investment Promotion & Commerce, Government of Tamil Nadu
Thiru. P Mathan Raja
Hon’ble Minister for MSME, Government of Tamil Nadu
Air Marshal Jasvir Singh Mann AVSM VM
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Air Command
Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria PVSM AVSM VM ADC (V)
Former Chief of the Air Staff
Air Marshal N Tiwari SYSM PVSM AVSM VM (V)
Former Vice Chief of the Air Staff
Dr Sivathanu Pillai
Former Chief Controller, R&D, DRDO and Former CEO & MD, BrahMos Aerospace
Admiral Karambir Singh PVSM AVSM ADC (V)
Former Chief of the Naval Staff, Indian Navy
Air Vice Marshal Pawan Kumar VM (V)
Former Director General, Defence Space Agency
Dr S Vijayakumar IAS
Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Industries, Investment Promotion & Commerce Department of Tamil Nadu
Dr Mylswamy Annadurai
Former Director, U R Rao Satellite Centre
Dr Chandrika Kaushik
Distinguished Scientist and the Director General (PC & SI), DRDO
Major General Ravi Kumar Chaudhary VSM (V)
Former Scientist-H, National Technical Research Organisation
Group Captain J S Gavankar (V)
CEO & Country Head, Safran India
Lieutenant General Raj Shukla PVSM YSM SM ADC (V)
Former General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Army Training Command
Air Marshal R. Radhish PVSM AVSM VM (V)
Former Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Training Command
Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha PVSM AVSM NM & Bar ADC (V)
Former Commander-in-Chief, Western Naval Command
Rear Admiral Sudarshan Y. Shrikande AVSM (V)
Former ACNS, Naval Intelligence and Foreign Cooperation
Prof. Satyanarayanan Chakravarthy
Co-founder & Founding Advisor, Agnikul Cosmos
Colonel (Dr.) Divakaran Padma Kumar (DPK) Pillay
Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA)