Industrial Cluster Concept

1. ! Ashish Puntambekar, The Nataraja Foundation, All Rights Reserved
DMCs As Innovation Clusters
q DMCs Have Been Conceptualized As Industry – University Clusters
ü Each DMC will be a Vertically Integrated structure consisting of :
- A Lead Developer and its Foreign JV Partner if any
- A Number of Defence Contractor JV s / Manufacturing units
- 2500 Component Vendors
- Defence Related Service Companies / Maintenance Workshops
- Strategic Armed Forces Technical Units ( user presence )
- Up to Six University Departments/ IIT s with
Full Time Graduate Courses in Defence
Engineering / Technology / Weapons design
ü System design will enable the development of
deep Linkages between Defence Contractors,
Component Vendors and University Departments
ü DMCs will Undertake a 15 Year Investment Plan
To develop powerful Linkages within the
University System and possibly up to the
Secondary School System
ü Industry Cluster - Academia Interaction will Serve
As Catalyst For A National Innovation Backbone
DMCs Will Solve the Huge “ Linkages “ Problem that Indian Companies Face in
Defence Manufacturing
Michael Porter Model
Concept 1