DEFED12 -m A two day conference on defence education, 23-24 November 2012, Chennai, India. Participate in the conference to develop a shared vision for the needs of defence education in India. Training prepares for the tasks you know, well rounded education prepares you for the unforeseen.

1. Registration form
Conference on Defence Education in India – 2012 DEFED 2012
23 - 24 November 2012, Chenai, India
Conference on Defence Education
2012
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pre-conference workshop: in Defence Acquisition Defence Modelling and Simulation
(please indicate number of places required) (places for both workshops are limited, so please apply early to secure a place)
Please send the filled in registration forms to: Mr. P. Tony Joseph
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Hindustan Institute of Technology & Science
Rajiv Gandhi Salai
Padur (via) Kelambakkam Conducted by the In association with
Website: www.hindustanuniv.ac.in Chennai – 603103 Centre for Defence Technology Studies Cranfield Defence and Security
Hindustan University, Chennai, India Cranfield University, Shrivenham, UK
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2. DEFED 2012 Conference on Defence Education in India – 2012
Location: Chennai, India
Venue: Hindustan University, Padur Campus
Dates: Friday 23 – Saturday 24 November 2012
Key Objectives for DEFED 2012 Who should attend?
Develop a shared vision for the needs of Representatives from Ministry of Defence Conference Location
Defence Education by engaging with key Representatives from Defence Offsets
Hindustan University Campus
stakeholders. Facilitation Agency
Rajiv Gandhi Salai (OMR),
Examine the policy framework for Defence Scientists from Defence Research and Padur (Via) Kelambakkam,
education in India in the backdrop of the Development Organisation Chennai - 603 103, India.
pressing need for increasing the degree of Officials from Armed Forces Headquarters Phone: +91-44-2747 4262, 2747 4395
self reliance and indigenisation. Fax: +91-44-2747 4208
Officials from Armed Forces Training
Explore the areas in which transfer of institutions Email: cdts@hindustanuniv.ac.in
technology is both desirable and feasible,
Nominated Representatives from Ordnance
and the extent to which Original Equipment
Factory Board and constituent Ordnance
Manufacturers (OEMs) could be encouraged
factories
to participate in this process.
About Hindustan University About Cranfield University Officials from Defence Public Sector Units
Evaluate the status of the private sector
including Micro Small and Medium OEMs both from India and abroad
Hindustan Institute of Technology & Science Cranfield University is one of UK’s leading
(HITS) is one of the leading Universities in universities. As a wholly postgraduate institution, Establishments (MSMEs) for their readiness Private sector organisations in the Defence
India with an excellent academic and research Cranfield is the first choice for ambitious and to imbibe defence technology. sector
standing. The campus is located on the outskirts skilled individuals wishing to enrol into Masters, Identify the role of academic knowledge Industry bodies
of Chennai, India. It is approved by the University Doctorate and Professional Development and qualifications towards creating a cadre Academic institutions and “think tanks”
Grants Commission and MHRD, Govt of India, Programmes in the areas of Aerospace, of professional managers in the field of
International institutions engaged in Defence
vide letter No F9-42/2004/U3 dated 5.5.2008 Automotive, Defence, Energy, Environment, defence technology.
technology
(established in the year 1985 as Hindustan Healthcare, Management, Manufacturing and Understand the state of the international
College of Engineering). HITS offers more than Security. Cranfield is the academic provider and scenario in Defence Technology education.
50 specialised professional programs focusing partner to the Ministry of Defence at the Defence
Generate a “Defence Technology
on research activities that form an integral Academy of the United Kingdom at Shrivenham.
part of the curriculum. Extensive research and
Management Action Plan” (Deftech MAP) Background
to achieve our national strategic aims in
development projects have been under taken The Budget of the Government of India, presented crore has been made for Budgetary spending in operational and maintenance requirements.
ensuring self reliance in the field of Defence.
in various departments including USD 3 Million to the Indian parliament in March 2012 shows Defence which inludes Rs. 79,579 crore for capital Pursuing Research and Development to suit
Aviation project awarded by DST, GOI. HITS has that The Defence Ministry has also finalised a 15- expenditure. user requirements is not the mandate of these
signed MOUs with leading industries and reputed year Long-Term Integrated Perspective Plan and a institutions. Nevertheless, the three services do
While there are many factors which contribute
universities. slew of changes in the offset guidelines to enable have policies and practices in place to depute
towards this, one of the key areas for critical
manufacturers to count transfer of technology their young officers to institutions of higher
examination is the availability in India of a mature
under the mandatory clause. learning, both in India and abroad to imbibe
human resource, which is ready to assimilate the
state of the art technological advances in
The revised offset policy recognises investment in transfer of technology which is expected to be
selected areas.
‘kind’, in terms of transfer of technology, to cover enforced through some of the provisions of the
all documentation, training and consultancy offset clause. It is particularly necessary to create For expanding the rate and scale of indigenisation
required for such transfer. a pool of defence technology management and hence the degree of self reliance, it is
specialists in the private sector. important that both R&D and manufacture must
The above measures open up new challenges and
not only spread to the private sector, but must
opportunities in the field of Defence education Broadly speaking, defence knowledge in India is
include the design and manufacture of systems,
and Knowledge management. At the core of the available with the Armed Forces Training Institutes
sub systems, components, strategic materials etc.
increased defence allocation and the changes and Joint Services Institutes through their
Hindustan University Head Office Cranfield University Shrivenham Campus
to the offset policy is the seriousness of the respective training institutions and joint services DEFED 2012 attempts to raise the knowledge
40, G.S.T Road, St. Thomas Mount, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom,
Government of India to enhance the status of instututions, both within the respective services, base of management of technology in the field of
Chennai - 600 016, India. Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8LA, UK
self reliance in the field of defence preparedness. viz the Army, Navy and Air Force, but also through Defence both in the public and private sectors, so
Telephone : +91-44-2234 1389 / 2234 2508 Telephone: +44(0)1793 314405
This could obviously be achieved only through joint services institutions. These institutions not that not only world class cutting edge technology
Fax: +91-44-2234 2170
enhanced indigenisation, which according only impart training at functional and directional in defence issues can be absorbed, but can be
Email: hetc@vsnl.com
to information available in the public domain levels, but also at conceptual levels. However, translated to the shop floor.
stands at only 30%. A provision of Rs. 1,93,407 such training is understandably limited to direct
www.hindustanuniv.ac.in www.cranfield.ac.uk/cds www.cranfield.ac.uk/cds/symposia/defed.html

3. Main Conference Two Pre Conference Workshops
The conference is the second of the series Free to registered delegates. Places are limited to a maximum of 25
which aims to bring together stake holders both The workshops will be conducted by Specialist Systems Engineering in Defence Acquisition Both these topics are in support of the PG Cert
from India and abroad, in the challenging task speakers from Cranfield University on: by Rick Adcock programmes that will be ready for delivery by
of creating a cadre of specialists in the field of the Centre for Defence Technology Studies of
Introduction to Defence Modelling and
Defence Technology Management. Hindustan University, in September 2013.
Simulation by Jonathan Searle
Session details Systems Engineering in Defence Acquisition
23 November 2012 24 November 2012 25 November 2012 11:00 -16:00 22 November 2012, Time: 9:00 – 17:00 Systems Engineering to manage not only the Mr Rick Adcock
development of integrated products but also
10:00 - 11:30 Inaugural session: 09:30 - 10:00 Refreshments Cranfield University Alumni Event Systems Engineering is a discipline which has Senior Lecturer in
the acquisition and use of integrated sets of
its roots in the development of system products Systems Engineering,
High ranking officers from the Government 10:00 - 11:30 Plenary session 3: Cranfield University is proud of its continued such systems, together with associated people,
combining technologies and people to deliver Cranfield University
of India, Armed Forces Headquarters, Defence Creation of Professional interaction with its alumni dating back to doctrine, training, infrastructure, etc. to create
benefits to one or more stakeholders. In particular, School of Defence and
Research and Development Organisation are Managers in the Field of the 1940s! the means to deliver the Defence Capability their
it is focused on specifying, integrating, testing and Security.
expected to participate. Defence Technology sponsoring governments need.
For details of the proposed Alumni Meet at supporting systems such that:
Role of academic institutions as More recently still these organisations have Head of Systems
Chennai please see:
11:30 - 12:00 Refreshments well as skill development in The needs of all stakeholders are considered Engineering DA-CMT
(http://www.linkedin.com/groups/RMCSCDSIndia begun to consider the whole defence Enterprise
areas such as ship building, aircraft in the choice of problem to solve; and in
Alumni4451763?gid=4451763&trk=hb_side_g) as a systems problem which can be understood,
12:00 - 13:30 Plenary session1: manufacture, simulation and setting the constraints within which any Rick has 20 years experience in defence, working
architected, delivered and sustained through
Policy Initiatives modelling etc and Facebook page solution must fit. in industry, consultancy and academia. He joined
strategic investment in the right combinations
Policy framework for Defence (https://www.facebook.com/ Cranfield University at the Defence Academy of
Trades are performed across the whole system of system at the right time. At the same time
education in India, including 11:30 - 12:00 Refreshments groups/405360532841576/). the UK in 2000 to help set up Systems Engineering
solution to ensure that: the basic ideas and approaches of Systems
procedures for practical courses to support MOD acquisition reforms.
Engineering, sometimes referred to as Systems
interpretation and 12:00 - 13:30 Plenary session 4: • All potential combinations of solution Rick is current Head of the Centre for Systems
Thinking, have been identified as a key skill set for
implementation of existing offset Private Sector Readiness technology are considered; including Engineering, at the Defence Academy College
all of those working across the enterprise, whether
provisions for training. Role of Private sector reusing things already available and of Management and Technology (DA-CMT). He
they are engaged in engineering or not.
Role of Micro Small and utilising off the shelf solution elements chairs a Masters course in Systems Engineering for
13:30 - 14:30 Lunch This workshop will provide an overview of
Medium Establishments as well as bespoke newly designed Defence Capability, and is responsible for a range
14:30 - 16:00 Plenary session 2: elements. the history of Systems Thinking and Systems
of other courses covering Awareness through
ToT and Role of OEMs 13:30 - 14:30 Lunch Engineering in UK Defence and from this suggest
• The balance of functionality and to Practitioner and Expert level competencies in
Role of Original Equipment 14:30 - 15:30 Colloquium some of the future challenges and opportunities
performance of system elements is Systems Engineering.
Manufacturers for the UK and others to benefit from the
15:30 - 16:30 Valedictory session optimised towards the best outcomes for Rick has done research and published on Systems
continuing evolution of these ideas.
16:10 - 17:15 Colloquium the system as a whole. Engineering competencies, Network Enabled
Close Specific workshop breakdown
19:30 - Conference Networking Dinner • These trades are made in consideration of Capability (NEC), Enterprise Architecting and
the widest possible understanding of the What is Systems Engineering? Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE). He
environment in which the solution will is currently engaged in research on Systems
How has Systems Engineering been used in
be deployed, including consideration of Engineering Competencies and Education and
UK Defence
extended or failure scenarios. is working closely with the UK MOD Systems
The future roles of Systems Engineering as: Engineering development partner on Systems
The understanding gained in architecting a
Engineering competencies and skill assessment
solution in this way is used to help plan and • A shared way of thinking
for the UK MOD Engineering Strategy.
execute its manufacture, use, sustainment and • A skill set for delivering Project
final disposal. Rick has been a member of the International
success
Council on Systems Engineering (www.INCOSE.
This holistic understanding of both problem • A skill set for delivering Programme org) for over 15 years and is currently INCOSE
context and solution is also essential in success Associate Director for education. He is a lead
helping to manage relationships with
Colloquium Valedictory session: author on the BKCASE Project (www.BKCASE.
development teams and across a supply • A way of thinking to support
org), which is creating a Body of Knowledge
To facilitate the exchange of views of all Salient features of the Deftech MAP will be chain. Equally, Systems Engineering can only Enterprise goals.
(and associate Reference master Curriculum) for
participants, an interactive session is being presented by spokespersons of the respective be done well if other management activities Conclusions and discussion points Systems Engineering.
organised where all participants would be divided groups of the Colloquium. are also being done well. Thus, Systems
into four groups, where in depth discussions on Engineering and Project Management have
the issues involved in four focus areas of Defence always been closely related.
Technology Education will be held, two focus
From the 1990s large Enterprises such as National
areas per day, leading to the generation of a
Defence organisations (including the UK MOD)
Defence Technology Management Action Plan
have been using the principles and practices of
(Deftech MAP).

4. Introduction to Defence Modelling and Simulation
22 November 2012, Time: 9:00 – 17:00 Mr Jonathan Searle short courses in many subject areas. He has been
involved in organising and delivering bespoke
Modelling and Simulation (M&S) as used in a Senior Lecturer in
on-site and off-site short courses for customers
military context is a broad discipline concerned Defence Modelling and
including Singapore Ministry of Defence, CDA
with the application of a variety of Defence-focused Simulation,
(now part of DSTL), JBTSE IPT, MTS IPT and Boeing.
technological capabilities and methodologies Cranfield University, Recently this has included delivery of courses for
to issues posed in training, education, readiness, School of Defence and defence customers in Adelaide, Australia and for the
planning, analysis, acquisition and experimentation. Security US Army in Detroit, Michigan.
Designed primarily for the novice, although also Head of Modelling and In addition to individual academic research and
suitable as a refresher for the initiate, the course Simulation Group scholarship, examples of recent funded research
articulates the wide role M&S plays in addressing
projects include: Distributed Virtual Training (for
contemporary defence issues, especially given the Jonathan has over 30 years experience in defence
Lockheed Martin), SeBA Directed Learning (with
commonly heard mantras of ‘do more with less’ and modelling and simulation, working in the UK MOD
QinetiQ and Vantaggio, for MOD), Simulation
‘faster, better, cheaper’. and academia.
Interoperability Frameworks (under the DA-CMT
The aim is to provide an understanding of In 1979 he joined what was then the Royal Military Directed Research programme for MOD) and use of
what M&S is, why it is important and how it is College of Science (RMCS) at Shrivenham, as a Simulation for Education in the Classroom
used, together with an overview of the major Government research scientist working mainly (for MOD DSTL).
technologies used. in research and development projects related
He is also the Head of the Simulation and
to urban warfare and FIBUA/MOUT. In 1987 for
As an overview course, the content is not intended Synthetic Environment Laboratory (SSEL), which
example he led the team which was responsible
to address specific, detailed implementation he was originally responsible for conceiving and
for the design, development and implementation
issues. Rather the subject matter is applicable to establishing. In this role he is responsible for
of the first generation URBAT (Urban Battle Trainer)
any military and civilian staff working with, in or the overall direction, operation and technical
wargame which was in service with the British Army
alongside Modelling and Simulation. No specialist configuration of a facility which contains over a
between 1991 and 2002.
background or technical expertise is required. hundred computer systems hosting in excess of 40
Since the late 1980s, his initial research and defence specific simulations and supporting tools.
To provide a context, the workshop begins by development activities have given way to an He leads the small team of core permanent staff,
reviewing the history of M&S, together with increasing set of academic responsibilities who are dedicated to supporting and operating
consideration of current terminology and associated with the College’s various masters the facility in its twin roles: firstly of underpinning
definitions across the range of different types of programmes, in particular the MSc in Defence specialist Modelling and Simulation education and
forms of M&S applications. Simulation and Modelling, where he is involved research and secondly of providing M&S services
Following the scene setting introduction, the with elements covering military simulation and and capabilities to support and enable activity in
course moves on to discuss how M&S systems training, wargaming and battlefield simulation, other subject areas at the college as required.
represent the real world and how they should be Computer Generated Forces, real-time interactive
He has represented Cranfield University and DA-
designed to be ‘fit for purpose’ (commonly referred 3D Graphics, terrain generation, serious games,
CMT at the UK MOD/Industry SEMB (now SSENAC)
to the Verification and Validation process), before Virtual Reality and Synthetic Environments.
and is currently active in the MOD/Industry/
then considering a number of the component He is currently the Course Director of the Academia S&SE Forum and the SE Tower of Photograph by Subhamab Majumdar - Flickr
technology areas. Postgraduate programme in Defence Modelling Excellence, where he is currently the Chair of
The intent is to expose defence professionals to and Simulation and Module Leader for several of the Special Interest Group on Computer
not only the capabilities themselves, but also to the the elements within that programme. The also Generated Forces.
issues surrounding their selection and use. Use of sits on the course Industrial Advisory Panel and its
He was invited by MOD and NATO to deliver a NATO
Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) applications being Customer Liaison Group. He regularly supervises
Lecture Series for several years on the Integration
one particularly topical example. postgraduate research dissertations in Modelling
of Modelling and Simulation and more recently
and Simulation.
The course concludes with a look at some of the delivered pre-event Modelling and Simulation
challenges faced in effective use and management Other academic responsibilities range from tutorials ahead of the ITEC Conference, under the
of M&S systems. introductory sessions for officer cadets through to auspices of the European Training and Simulation
the Simulation Employment Training course aimed Association (ETSA), of which he is also a Board
at military M&S specialists. Beyond this, Jonathan member. In 2011 he was invited to deliver a paper
has responsibility for organising and delivering at the ITEC Conference on ‘Future Challenges
both M&S modules on other MSc programmes and in M&S’.