BEL TOLLS FOR INDIA'S GROWTH

As the year 2023 dawns, Mr Bhanu Prakash Srivastava, CMD, BEL, shares the Navratna PSU's vision to make rapid strides for building a self-reliant nation.

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BEL is among India’s earliest PSUs established for making the nation self-reliant in electronic equipment. Could you briefly take us through the water-shed moments of BEL’s evolution?

As free India was born, the Government of India announced a comprehensive industrial policy, empowering itself to set up infrastructure to manufacture a host of critical products. It was from this authority that Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) was established in 1954 under the Ministry of Defence to meet the specialised electronic needs of the Indian Defence. Today, BEL has grown into a multi-product, multi-technology, multi-unit conglomerate empowering the nation’s armed forces to guard the country’s frontiers with state-of-the-art products and systems in the areas of Radars & Fire Control Systems, Missile Systems, Communication & C4I systems, Electronic Warfare & Avionics, Naval Systems & Antisubmarine Warfare Systems, Electro Optics, Tank Electronics & Gun Upgrades and Strategic Components.