Vayu Aerospace and Defence Review, the bi-monthly aviation and defence magazine from New Delhi is now in its 38th year and is India’s oldest trade publication. Vayu is extremely well respected both domestically and internationally in aviation and defence circles both in India and abroad. We have a panel of professionals and analysts from all fields of the defence spectrum who regularly contribute to the publication. We also regularly participate at all major air and defence shows world over. Besides publishing activities, we also organise seminars and conferences on aviation/ defence matters.

We have also been publishing Show Directory’s and Show Dailies and have done so officially for the first three Air Shows in India- Avia India 1993 and Aero India ‘97, ‘99 in Bangalore, and at the first few shows, brought out HAL’s and SIATI’s Show Dailies as well as ours. At Defexpo from 2002- 2010, we brought out special Defexpo supplements and Show Dailies. As of now we have brought out our Show Dailies at ALL airshows (Aero India) held in India since 1993.

VAYU has also been nominated for a total of 17 times (and 11 years in a row) at the “Aviation Journalist and Publication of the Year Awards” (held in London and Paris in alternate years) and in 2003 the magazine won an award for the Best Breaking News Story- the only magazine to be consistently nominated and then winning an award from Asia.

The Journal, (with a print run ranging from 18,000 to 26,000; depending on regular or Special Issues/ airshow/defence show distribution), is received by the highest authorities in the Indian Government, including the offices of the President of India, the Vice President of India, the Prime Minister of India and the Union Members for Defence, Civil Aviation, Finance, External and Home Affairs.

Specific Members of Parliament, both the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) and the Lok Sabha (Lower House), are formed into Consultative Committees of some 35-40 members each, all of whom receive the VAYU on a regular basis. These Consultative Committees review and endorse the highest policy making decisions of the Government of India.

The Prime Minister's office , the Defence Minister's office , the Civil Aviation Minister's office get the Journal for extensive distribution within their respective ministries.

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The Civil Services, headed by each Ministry's Secretary to the Government of India and including Additional Secretaries, Joint Secretaries and Directors, also get the VAYU and these are sent in considerable numbers to the:

Each of the five Services Headquarters, headed by the Chief of Staff and including all the Principal Staff Officers, heads of Directorates receive the Journal viz.:

In the Civil Aviation Industry, the VAYU is received by all the senior officers of:

There are also 30 other categories to where the publication is received and sent- both domestically and internationally.

The prime industry is Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, by whom the VAYU is subscribed to in bulk. The head office in Bangalore, the various Divisions in Lucknow, Kanpur, Nasik, Koraput, Korwa and Hyderabad get the Journal.

The Research and Development Organisations (DR&DO) are concentrated at Bangalore and each of them get the Journal regularly as do the senior officials of the Indian Space Research Organisation (I.S.R.O).

The VAYU is subscribed to by various scientific academic and training institutions throughout India, including the prestigious Defence Services Staff College Wellington, the National Defence Academy at Kharhakvasala, the National Defence College in New Delhi and United Services Institute, also in New Delhi.The list is very long but just one example would be pertinent: the College of Air Warfare in Secundrabad receives the VAYU in bulk as this is considered essential reference material by the officers who are seconded to the courses continuously.

All the organisations mentioned above is just a fraction of where all the magazine is sent to and read. Almost anyone and everyone in decision making, civil aviation and military circles receives a copy of the publication. Top