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Tata Group steps up defence play via Tata Power SED

Tata Power Strategic Engineering is involved in cutting edge technology for the armed forces and has been working on building launchers for almost all missiles in the armory of our defence forces.

May 01, 2015 / 13:36 IST
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Tata Group is one of the oldest private sector companies in the defence space. Tata Power Strategic Engineering started as the R&D arm of the power utility company but transitioned into defence research when the country came under international sanctions post Pokharan 1 and 2. Today Tata Power Strategic Engineering is involved in cutting edge technology for the armed forces and has been working on building launchers for almost all missiles in the armory of our defence forces.

Tata Power's Strategic Engineering Division (SED) in Bengaluru was set up in 1973 and is one of the oldest private sector company in defence, housed on a 10 acre plot.

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Rahul Chowdhry, CEO & MD of Strategic Engineering Division of Tata Power shares the story about the genesis of Tata Power SED to CNBC-TV18's Sajeet Manghat. This division of Tata Power operates as totally independent arm of the utility major and played an important role in taking forward India's defence research and development programme during the sanctions imposed post the Pokhran tests in the seventies and nineties.

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first published: Apr 29, 2015 10:16 pm

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