Pardeep Bhardwaj

Background

About Pardeep Bhardwaj

With Discipline and Determination we conquer the impossible. During my 25+ years of IAF experience, major achievements / takeaways have been: Program and Project management at IAF HQ with 7 years of experience in the planning and implementation of high-value capital procurement cases for NCW systems / subsystems and their integration with IAF NCW Command and Control systems. As Joint Director Airborne Systems at AIr HQ, for the purpose of integration of various systems, liaison and technical discussions were held with major stakeholders including DPSU M/s BEL, M/s ECIL, AAI(Airport Authority of India), and civil vendors including IBM, HP, CISCO etc. for providing technical solutions. Carried out integration of Airborne systems with Command and Control systems of IAF starting from requirement specification, technical design definitions,software/system integration and testing which were carried out successfully. Three years of work experience at M/s ELTA Israel for the AF project gave great learning in terms of System Integration and testing in particular apart from the aspects of System Engineering, phases of major Software Project including system integration. Extensive knowledge of Defence procurement procedures including DPM and DAP, qualitative requirement analysis, RFP and RFI preparation, benchmarking, negotiations, and contract management. As Chief Technical Officer, of an Air Defence Unit I oversaw a team of engineers and technicians (approx 100 ) responsible for the maintenance of High power AD radar and associated integrated Voice communication systems, Mechanical Transport, IT department for smooth conduct of NCW (Network Centric Warfare) operations, maintenance of technical equipment and liaison for Logistics supply chain management. Privileged to have an opportunity to command a Station with responsibility of the Communication and Network Management Centre. I have been responsible for handling the operations, maintenance and administrative tasks of this Station with more than 300 personnel. Strengths include Adaptable, people development, crisis and conflict resolution, Project Planning and management, risk management, vendor management, and procurement.