At the Aero India event here, it is not just military aircraft which are on display but also talent. Headhunters attending the biennial show are busy recruiting for their respective defence and aerospace clients.
Driving the need for fresh talent is the government according Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) to 164 proposals worth about ₹2,79,950 crore across various defence projects. Also, the Make in India scheme and defence offset clause has forced many multinational defence corporations to ramp up their skilled manpower.
Added to the urgency are the ‘Buy (Indian-IDDM)’, ‘Buy (Indian)’, ‘Buy and Make (Indian)’ and ‘Make’ categories of capital procurement under the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP). IDDM stands for Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured.
