Brig Ashis Bhattacharyya joined Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) as Senior Advisor after retiring from the Army in 2017. Other than mandatory miliary courses a diploma in Tank Technology, an MSc (Defence Studies), Master of Management Studies (HDMC), Executive Management Program in Business Management from MDI and currently pursuing MPhil from Osmania University. He joined Society of Indian Def Manufacturers (SIDM). While in SIDM, he worked extensively towards Indigenisation and R&D leading to unparalleled outcomes towards self-reliance in Defence Industry. He also worked very closely with industry associations of US, UK, France, Israel Japan, Korea, South Africa, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal to promote defence exports and exchange of technology. In Jan 2022, sidestepped to CII Central organisation as Principal Advisor to head of a region (NE & UTs). Look after all sectors of industry incl Food & Agri, Food processing, Tourism, Logistics, Healthcare, IT, Entrepreneurship and Startups with a regional staff of 10 in states. With effect from June 2024, he has been assigned back to SIDM as Principal Adviser, in addition to his duties in NE and UTs. During his 33 years career in the Armoured Corps, he Commanded an Armoured Squadron/ Regiment/ Brigade and was the Deputy GOC of and Armoured Division. His job also included Steering Developmental Projects with DRDO and Private Industry, overseeing Defence Capital Procurement cases, HR Policy formulation and UN Peacekeeping operations (Lebanon). He was also a Faculty member at the College of Defence Management teaching Decision Sciences and was HOD of Project Management.