Sh. Rajnath Singh, currently serving as India’s Minister of Defence, is one of the most seasoned and influential leaders in Indian politics. A former lecturer of Physics in Mirzapur, he started as a student activist with ABVP and went on to become the BJP National President. He has aimed to achieve 70% defense indigenization by 2030. As the defence minister since 2019, Singh initiated several path-breaking measures to strengthen India's combat readiness along the border with China, as well as boost the country's defence manufacturing.Under his leadership, the defence ministry pursued an aggressive policy to enhance infrastructure along the frontier region that significantly helped faster military mobilisation in sensitive sectors.