KOCHI: The Aviation Innovation Exposition and Workshop (Innoex-18) began at the Kochi Naval Base on Wednesday. Vice-Admiral A R Karve, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Naval Command, inaugurated the three-day expo organised by the Aeronautical Society of India (AeSI) and Society of Indian Aerospace Technologies and Industries (SIATI).
Former Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd chairman C G Krishnadas Nair, AeSI president R K Tyagi, DRDO Aeronautical Systems director general Tessy Thomas and National Institute of Advance Studies (NIAS) adjunct faculty SS Mantha shared their experiences with young aeronautical professionals of SNC at the workshop.
The exposition, which included about 20 stalls, brought together seven major indigenous aviation stakeholders, the Air Force, ISRO, Aero Cluster Labs of DRDO, Air India, Pawan Hans Ltd, as well as members of the academia and industry.
An arrangement was also made for MSME to interact and showcase their product line and capabilities to end users.
The aim was to facilitate stakeholders to pool in their collective resources and expertise for co-operative production.
Speakers for the next two days include Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre director S Somnath, regional director of the Regional Directorate of Apprentice Training Senthil Kumar, besides Ananth Agasthya.