India’s Chief Science Advisor Ajay Sood, a physicist turned strategist on devising India’s new playbook for defence leadership. Acquiring technology to increase national capability. Centring humans, and exploiting AI. Advancing defence tech for public good.

India’s Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh on building security against two neighbouring nuclear adversaries. Leadership in a world changing every two seconds. And slowly building self-reliance into India’s supply chains.

Tech transformer Kalyan Kumar, Chief Product Officer @HCL Tech, on the frontlines of digital warfare. Fighting for tech sovereignty. Re-inventing who builds and owns India’s defence systems.

Hear them in conversation with Shoma Chaudhury, Founder of Lucid Lines & Founder-Director, SYNAPSE, as they dive into the mechanics of modern war, ambitions to Make in India for defence, and challenges, learnings, and strategies to get us there.