Govt must tap enormous talent in small, medium industries: Tejas LCA chief designer

Former programme director and chief designer of the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), Dr Kota Harinarayana, said one of his biggest takeaways from the LCA project was that a huge amount of talent is available in small and medium industries and they need to be supported. He opined that if government agencies and big industries treat small-scale industries as partners, India will be at the forefront of innovation.

Dr Harinarayana was speaking at a conference on the Future of Aviation and Aerospace hosted by IIM Bangalore on Saturday.

“The role of the private sector, especially the small and medium-scale industries, in the LCA project was important.