Lockheed Martin pays him so well, that his "cigars are costier than your education". 😁

Finance minister of India is having a masters degree in Economics

Life of a usual humanity folk in India: He starts in school as slowest guy of the class Pushed from class to class somehow High school shows him his aukat Changes stream in intermediate Starts hating engineering folks for lifetime, still looks at them with a hidden awe Enters university, starts dreaming about UPSC Usually doesn't clear UPSC either cuz even that is occupied by engineers Becomes some random expert on random subject where he takes all technical advice from engineers Abuses engineers wherever gets a chance If cleared UPSC, bangs engineers in the govt, deliberately slows down their projects and then abuses them, taking revenge for his degenerate childhood, Lives happy life either way by abusing engineers here and there.

I am an Engineer & after listening to AIM opening comments Le Me Gajab beizatti hai yaar

Please invite amiet raj @Amitraaz from defence decode. Let's have someone who is a technical expert and also closely follow defence devlopment.

Me an engineer: oh nice, a new AIM video. Me 5 minutes in: Holding back tears.

Lol .. we touched Abhijit’s raw nerve there. I know many engineers who get humanities degrees and MBAs later. But don’t know one humanities guy who can get a STEM degree .. because “unki aukaat nahi hai “

We fail in indigenisation But Fly by wire in Tejas came on own own SFDR came on it's own AIP came on it's own Radars Etc etc

Well on the topic of LCA TEJAS I WOULD RATHER WATCH CHANNELS LIKE ALPHA DEFENSE, DEFENCE DECODE,DEFENCE MATRIXWHO HAVE REBUTTED HIS POINTS MORE THAN ONCE. HIS KNOWLEDGE ATLEAST oN TEJAS IS HALF BAKED . SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO UNDERSTAND LCA TEJAS I WOULD ADVICE THEM TO VISIT ALPHA DEFENSE AND DEFENCE DECODE AND DEFENCE MATRIX CHANNEL. SECONDLY HE HIMSELF IS FROM HUMANITIES BACKGROUND AND IS ALWAYS CURSING PEOPLE FROM HUMANITIES.HE HAS KNOWLEDGE OF THESE ISSUES BASED ON WHAT HE READS ON INTERNET. SO YOU CAN LISTEN TO HIS VIEWS ON FOREIGN POLICY.EXCEPT THAT ITS ALL NON-SENSE AND HALF BAKED LOGICS .

Abhijeet is a smart guy. Has a vast array of knowledge and can connect seemingly disconnected things which makes sense.

We have TATA and Mahindra vs Hundai and KIA

Finally I found Mr Iyer talking complete sense on Education, I have been putting the same point in various discussions but, Great people always object to my argument saying see so many scientists and intellectuals of Indian origin abroad, where is one in India?

Abhijit, listening to you is such a delight!

Well we have seen where the humanities people have taken us.

Engineers are taught industrial engineering/management so they can manage companies. Atleast it's taught in mechanical engineering. World's most versatile rifle AK-47 was built by an engineer. Basically with time, it's actually the engineers who actually started to participate in wars more than ordinary soldiers.

I don't get why AIM hates the lca so much. The lca is being developed like the saab gripen program. We need to start from somewhere or else we will just continue being an importer for ever.

What Abhijit said about simplifying the language is absolutely correct. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar is famous in Bengal for that. He is known as the father of modern Bengali language. He realised that Bengali language is very complicated as at that time it was almost similar to sanskrit and common peasant folks can not internalize such complicacy so he worked on the language to simplify it. Even though not immediately but with time it was his Bangla that slowly became the mainstream.

It is a delight to listen to AIM. May disagree with him on some issues but he is excellent. That idea of MPR is excellent.

I am an engineer. I agree with comment that "tumhari aujaat nahi hai". 100 percent. Thats why CEO and CTO are 2 separate positions.

Thanks for the subtitles 👍.

We works in IT... And his knowledge about It is very hilarious... Clients doesn't give you project just by looking at cost.. Project get evaluated based on technical parameters.. Cost comes last..

Thanks Abhijit & Abhinav for nice talk...very insightful

*Okay let us do an experiment. Give AIM's idea a chance. In any sector what he is saying, lets implement it. Be it on his mid day meal suggestion or protein supplement.* But he has to held accountable. Implement exactly his ideas, lets have him in every part of the project and implement his suggestion but heres the deal: he needs to accept the shortcomings if any. He has to accept "oh I was wrong about it" Accountability is the key. And it applies to everyone.

I think Abhijit is missing a big point, India has sufficient engineers and brain, we just have to provide enough incentives to retain and keep them motivated. Biggest impediment for that is too much govt. bureaucracy and control. Govt needs to restructure all of their research institutes in to public private partnership, with private management with delivery oriented research and tied up compensation and promotion.

Abhijit is spot-on about the sub- standard work culture of PSU's Most if not all components produced by incompetent PSU's are 3rd grade. The only way out of this DRDO/HAL crap is to do a complete disinvestment (privatisation) & level the playing field where 3rd grade inefficient PSU's like DRDO /HAL competes with pvt players .That's the only way. "Gobarmant" babus are off no use , their only purpose is to leech off tax payers money

Aim approach is similar to that of character of abhinav in tvf upse series till 3rd episode ,although till the end of third episode abhinav changed his approach.

Just what do he think on Rafael jets how good is it.

What Abhijit is saying is absolutely truth, and related to strategy and policies, who other than a good economist could best demonstrate those things?

No plane had been shot down beyond 60 kms till today with a bvr. That's why mica, R77 derby kept a missile upto 100 km.

My question is that, why and what for rafile prise increased? Is it true that the another advanced systems is added in refiel? Which was stated in closed envelope to Supreme Court is it true?

Abhijit I seriously like your analysis not just about the Indian industry but I also imply it all over our Pakistani scenario and it gives us a hell lot of insight and shows where we need to improve.

Ye aadmi kabhi tejas ko support hi nhi kya..Dhere dhere sub kuch hoga na...👍👍

Really appreciate rustic talk of Abhijit

Even if he is a great knowledgeable person but can't take criticism, too much frustration in his dialogue And his analogy is worse than taking criticism 🙏

India should have programs Like US had in 1980's the F22 and YF-23 .In india engineers ne jang lada nahi jang khaya hai .They are rusting. Also do a live on the Mediapart reportage

He is a realist. He himself isn't any negative but frustrated by Zero's around. He will be the first person floating in emotion if one Indian innovation penetrate the world. I mean "innovation". Not a MP3 player inside a ceramic Sanskrit doll Indians know as A.I. Robot.

Yet, if the mobile device that AIM is using for this Q&A session will crash critically he will mostly have to take it to a clown of an engineer to get it fixed!

How many defence technology experts are your advisers??? All leaders take decisions from sujjestions of team of experts

Beautiful connotation that humanities drives science.

31:40 Offset Clause is now dropped from 1 to 1 or direct deals , it will be only allowed in tenders with multiple bidders

Wow felt so nostalgic watching him .. watching a true blue communist snob after such a long time. We used have so many of those Kolkata makes me remember the good old days ..

Abhijit on Tejas always hilarious to watch. Shows his downsides in arguement as analyst 😆 🤣

People like me were in a period when even a carbon brush for DC machines was not manufactured in India. When the Indian Government approached Carbon block manufacturers, in the world, they said that India's requirement for carbon blocks is much less and it will not be viable to set up a factory in India. Then they suggested that they supply carbon blocks and train some Indian firms to fit shunts and brass plates. The carbon brush manufactured by an Indian firm was put on trial. After some time the carbon shut burnt due to overheating. After investigation, it was found that the solution applied to fix the shunt failed to ensure proper bonding. We had a tough time running EMUs in the suburban sections of Mumbai and Kolkata. It was a nightmare.

Abhijit is basically making an argument that there are serious deficiencies in India's indigenous defense system and we need to create an appropriate eco system essentially developed around super specialty SMEs in this area. He is right from a top down point of view. And his observations on Tejas should be seen in this context. Under Modi, we do observe that there is a reorientation in the approach and IAF has fully owned the program. We cannot abandon LCA and it is coming up as a good fighter with associated weapon system. Secondly, USA is not going to give us any technology and is interested only in selling its wares (with threat of sanctions all the time!). In particular, it is not selling us F35. So we have to depend on our own pubic or private sector or both. As of now, we are NOT preparing to China. Let us first be strong enough to deter China from doing any mischief. And Atmanirbhar Defense production is the way to go.

Mitra sir, you are so practical.

Mujhe aaj tak samjh ni aya LLB mein jurisprudence kyu parha Raha hai. Austin aur salmond ke thoughts ka court mein Kya use karunga!

I guess tejas was intended to bring the light towards manufacturing fighterjets domestically, he has his opinions but the LCA program has taught us many important things such as flight control systems, electronic warfare suit,design of the aircraft(aerodynamics) also to put BVR into play and domestically created UTTAM AESA radar, I wouldn't consider it a failure, I hope he'll still have the same energy when the T MK2 ,TEDBF and AMCA will be operational, although I have nothing against this man his words are bitter but true in lots of aspects, also I don't agree with him just slapping engineers.

I paid 100 rs which is debited from account but question not posted to youtube and money not back in account if you want I can send receipt

Tejas mark FOC is for point defense. Mark 1a will go inside pak since it will have ew suite. But it will not get deep into pak due to fuel capacity limitations

What does Whale Whale Wetter Whale mean?

Bhai kyun isko leke ate ho, kuchtoh bakwas karta rehta Hai. Please get someone like Defence decode or Alfa defence to give better insights in technology.

Constructive criticism, totally agree👍

I wish to have the debate with AIM on all the issues discussed here.

I listened him for the first and last time.

Every time I hear to Abhijit Iyer-Mitra either on this platform on PGuru's it's has been amazing ones. Apart from the Defense views & others, especially his views on Education & languages are very apt & commendable, thanks again for it. And Abhinav request you to never compare Abhijit with jokers like Arundhati

just a thought under current in pandemic times . . . a fleet of 3 brand new Gerald R Ford II class 114,820 ton (126,500 ton loaded) stealth (CATOBAR) super carrier powered by cutting edge bioFuelCell3® i-SMARTHYBRId® marine propulsion system . . . a larger non-nuclear powered variant of the Gerald R Ford class 102,000 ton stealth (CATOBAR) super carrier . . . wonder if such a variant is possible for real with a unit cost of €6.5 Bn - €10.0 Bn approx including full weapons package & on-site after sales support for 36 yrs . . .

Nice analysis

Abhijeet don't criticize Tejas programme unnecessarily. Today, DRDO developed OBOGS (Onboard Oxygen Generation System) is being further developed for Corona patients. This is a clear example of military technology being used for civil purposes or Spinoff.

AIM needs to do an episode doing just trollong people and things he does not like. It will be so much fun and informing 😂😂😂

Abhijit I agree that Humanities always lead development. I think though, our education system is an actual obstacle to good higher education.

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firstly finance defence etc minister are doing work by advice of economic, strategic etc so ur first question answered is flash yes we r engineer we know capabilities of tejs

People in top managements whether it is start-up of MNC are Engineers

Please organise a discussion on india's education sector which is not producing smart and technically innovative people

Mr Mitra want everything perfect from starting . He even don't know when you make things from scratch products are modified periodically. We learned from tejas and now we will apply those expertise to future aircrafts .

Abhijit I have great respect for your work and discourses but on LCA Tejas MK 1 A ...man you can expect to develop a star ship eneterprise immediately. Now see what have we climbed up the ladder in Tejas Mk 1 A development. 1. Utaam AESA - under development, and untill then Elta 2052.....insane capaibility to track 64 target at one go. The grape wine Uttam AESA will have a capability to track 100 targets at one time, 2. MAWs. 3. EWS 4. IRST 5. Jamming pods 6. HMDS 7 DASH 8. With Uttam AESA variants we can mate Meteor AAM (just imagine, the capaibility leap. 9. Astra Mk 1 - 80 Kms, Astra mk 2 - 150 kms Astra mk 3 - ( 350 kms @ mach 5)....can you imagine. 10. Tejas is the RAF Spitfire which turned the tide of ww2. Tejas Mk 1 A will have clean RCS od 0.5 m2. 11. New age display control panel - touch screen, user friendly and AI enabled. 12. We are now developing 5 different fighter programs simutaneously 1. Tejas Mk 1 A 2. MWF 2. AMCA mk 1 3, AMCA mk 2 4. TEDBF/ ORCA. 6. Concept planning on TEDBF mk 2 (5th generation configuration). Now - the Junk Fighter 17....what can it do....supposed to patrol the borders of paxtan and then lob pl-10 and sd 10 aams using kjl 7 radar which detects 3m2 at 75 kms????????????. And tell me which ONE of the above features does your Junk Fighter 17 have.....which one.....any????.........well bock 3 is now officially out yet. JUNK FIGHTER 17 BOTH BLOCK 1 AND 2 HAVE AN 100 % ALUMINIUM BODY WITH A 10 M2 RCS (BLOODY HELL) AND ONLY 7 HARD POINTS WITH A PULSE DOPLER RADAR AND CANT FIRE AIM 120 C5............WHAT DOES IT DO ......PATROL THE BORDERS AND LOB PL 10 AND SD 10 AAMS AT US.???????????? Just wait till WMF is out.......rather wait till Tejas Mk 1A is out and performs in exercises. EVEN JAS GRIPPEN C WHICH IS SIMILAR TO TEJAS MK 1 A HAS A PURPOSE MORE THAN PATROL THE BORDER AND LOB AAMS. BVR ENGAGEMENTS - IMAGINE A FORMATION COMPRISING OFTEJAS WITH ITS RCS ADVANCE USING 770 TRM ELTA/ UTTAM AESA MOVE CLOSE TO INTERNATIONAL BORDER ARMED WITH ASTRA MK 2 (150 KMS) IR DERBY MARK 2 (100 KMS) AND METEOR (250 KMS) - WHAT KIND OF DAMAGE CAN DO TO PAF IN AN STRIKE RUNS TURN AND AMBUSH BVR SCENARIO (OF A FORMATION COMPRISNG OF SU30 MKIS M2000S AND RAFALES). WITH A TERRIFIC AESA AND EFFECTIVE BVR AAMS LIKE METEOR AND ASRA MK 2, IT IS COMPLETE AA AND AD (ANTI ACCESS AND AREA DENIAL).

It seems many engineers in the comment section are offended by Abhijeet ji remarks on engineers, but I think his remarks were aimed at those engineers who really don't see anyone above them. Had a personal encounter with such an IIT passout. By the way AIM also did say in favour of the engineer talent that gets wasted in india or is imported by US. So I guess he is in favour of engineers afterall. I think we should look at the big picture. Not here to take sides just expressing my views.

Are you capable to boost the economy, can you suggest some thing in countries intrest without being paid?????.

Excellent Abhijit

Point defance having some meaning and RCS also have . The average thickness of Pakistan is just 400-500 and combat range of tejas is also same .

His analysis on Ukraine is proved coorect.

And you are saying there is no need of mk2? Even big economies can't keep large fleets of 5th gen. South korea story is different they dont have requirement of 42 squadrons.

Brilliant discussion

We need to keep Criticizers close to us. This is there in very Indian's psyche. That's why we cherish AIM.

Like his honest comments.

I await the Arundhathi Roy + AIM jokes on SSS show, similar to Rana Ayyub + AIM (Ranajit or Abhirana) memes.

Very very practical

Bhai ne dil pe liya...

Abhijit hits the nail on the head

saste ya second hand fighter khareed lo kya problem hai

Well said

Humanities is the king after all techies use to run for humanities ultimately to have some dignity. I' m a proud humanitian

About education in India.. I also think going to school should not be mandatory, their should be half yearly and yearly exam which we can attend and that way we can pass out school but it should not be mandatory for students to associate them selves with school... Anyway we don't learn anything their we finally go to these tuitions and coaching classes.... What's use of wasting money on schools who only bully students and make their life hell.... I might be wrong.... But really I hate school even after 4 years.... I don't know how people say that they miss their school days... School days are nightmare for me 💔

KFx maybe the copy of raptor cause of its design is very similar to the raptor of course due to the assistance of Lockheed Martin . But they do not assist they just copy and past the design.

उनका एक इंटरव्यू मैंने पहले भी देखा था जिसमें कि यह साब ग्रिफिन का पैरवी करते नजर आ रहे थे

If Tejas was going to be the sacrificial bird that will be used as decoy to get the prey to fight... then why does it have to be too expensive... I am an Engineering Manager and have managed companies in USA...

India's nuclear and space programs were personally chaired by Nehru, and the PMs who followed. Bhabha, Rajaraman, Sethna, ... enjoyed the status & authority of Secretaries to GoI. They had direct access to Nehru. If only a similar organzation had been adopted for the HF24, or for the Arjun. Whose fault? Obviously JN! He should have thought of it🤯😎

Now Indians say that he is paid by Pakistan 😹😹

Abhijit Mitra is one of the best analyst

But you still went ahead with a bellow performance jet engines from Rolls Royce and more expensive than US GE 414 Engines by ~12KN thrust...

Despite being an engineer I don't take offense of AIM's comments. Because a few things he said are true. LCA Tejas is Technically (even from the Engineering perspective) is a point fighter. With Marc 2 variant it's increasingly resemble the Gripen E (I gave you the hint. You get the point). I also agree to the fact that our dependence on PSUs will be fatal and private sector should be given the significant share in defense production.

Great idea centralizing food cooking at district level. I have seen the kind of food served to kids. It is pathetic. Governance becomes easy and efficient if it is centralized so that we do not require experts at each school level.

33:24 what AIM talking about?

Good library! Teaching kids to read library books are the key! America does that. We don’t need 500 billion per year education budget. Ramanujan achieved heights because of library books

India first needs to introspect its goals with respect to military hardware evolution. Second it needs to introspect its outdated laws that are slowly killing the ambition of entrepreneurs who would be assets in any other nation. Third it needs to introspect on the tax liabilities of military hardware manufacturers with respect to their R&D contributions.

Very good abhijit very good

If you feel sad after watching this video, watch sekhar gupta and cut the clutter on tejas. There is truth in both. Unless you invest in IPL, you can never have a bumrah rubbing shoulders with starc.

Seems that AIM is being not lucky to hit any place in lobbyist gallery to try to sale any western weapon. Glad to know his thoughts about engineers and scientists.

Abhijit being too hard on Engineers, without engineers you can’t even program a good software to handle the communication.

Panzer (tiger) vs t- 34 strategy worked because Soviets had perhaps six times more tanks (&16 year advantage over Nazis, 1917&1933) than Germans. If nt for dat, thr was no chance against Germany .