Company: Confidential listed defence-electronics and mission-systems company
Board base: Bengaluru, Karnataka
Sector: Radar, electronic warfare, communications and mission electronics
Appointment: Independent Director, Non-Executive
Intended committees: Risk, Technology & Programme Assurance Committee Chair; member, Audit Committee
Time commitment: 30–36 days annually, including secure programme and manufacturing reviews
Application deadline: 27 September 2026
Expected appointment: December 2026

Company context

The company designs, integrates and supports high-reliability electronic systems for defence, aerospace and homeland-security customers. Revenue is generated through development contracts, production programmes, upgrades, lifecycle support and selected exports. Its order book includes fixed-price, milestone and cost-reimbursable elements involving government customers, technology partners and specialised suppliers.
Market hint: A southern engineering base, radar and communications capability,



strategic public-sector relationships and rising private-sector exports may suggest several Indian defence-electronics groups. Programme, service and customer identities remain confidential.
Board mandate

The director will govern the conversion of strategic technology and headline order book into deliverable, cash-generative programmes without compromising national security, ethics or product reliability.

Strategic priorities

Establish programme baselines for technical maturity, scope, schedule, cost, cash, testing, acceptance, liquidated damages and customer dependencies.
Separate firm order book, options, development potential, nominated work and management pipeline in all Board and public disclosures.
Require independent estimate-at-completion and schedule confidence for material fixed-price and development programmes.
Govern configuration, software, component obsolescence, counterfeit parts, traceability, secure coding, test evidence and field changes.
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📌 Independent Director (Bengaluru)
🏢 Gladwin International
📍 Bengaluru