Thread by @dravirmani

Today I am going to talk about an old & dear friend, one of the first Indian startup entrepreneurs(electronics hardware), an amazing patriot, who was badly treated by GOI, 12-13 years ago. I met him again after 13 years & heard the amazing story, which I had missed. 1/n ….2/n

2/n This friend’s company, designed & implemented for the IAF in many airfields, (1) the national real time digital, communication system, for the IAF, which is now used to communicate between every defence airport and every air headquarters. (2) ….3/n

3/n (2) A cellular air control system for the air force, the best in the world at that time, to replace the legacy system of the kind, which is still used in most civilian airports in India. What happened next, is a disgrace to the country….4/n

4/n The technology for both these systems, was handed over by Defence min to a PSU, which also received all further orders. The company which had invested heavily in R&D, building up Human Resources & capital goods, in anticipation of further orders, went bankrupt(around 2010)

5/n This tech entrepreneur who is >75yrs old, is still fighting the cases resulting from his firms bankruptcy. He is all praise for #Atman #Nirbhar #defence production policy. I wonder if the current govt can make amends to this man for the way he was treated by previous govt? 🙏🏼

6/n Clarification: In 2/n when I say every (defence) airport, I mean every AF plane flying within communication range of that airport (As a result, IAF communication systems in 2022 compare with the best in the World)

7/n A formal acknowledgement by the Ministry of Defence, GOI, of his contribution to developing the IAF’s Air traffic control, command & communication network, would salve the hurt and pain, that this true nationalist/patriot has gone through for the last 13 years!