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Innovation for Defence Excellence (iDEX): Where do We Stand?

Naval Jagota, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

Innovation for Defence Excellence (iDEX) and the Defence India Start-up Challenge (DISC) platforms

The iDEX platform was launched in April 2018 under the DIO (Defence Innovation Organisation) and the aim was for “creation of an ecosyste....

February 22, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , Defence , Defence production , R&D , iDEX , Start-up , Challenge , DISC , Innovators

India Launches World’s First Intranasal Anti-Covid Vaccine

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF India Positive

On 26th January 27, 2023, Bharat Biotech launched the world’s first intranasal vaccine against Covid 19 in New Delhi. The vaccine uses a modified chimpanzee adenovirus to carry the Covid spike protein and cannot replicate in the body. It was develo....

February 20, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Covid 19 , Bharat Biotech , Covishield , Covaxin , India Positive , intranasal vaccine

Imperatives for Reconsideration of the Armed Forces Doctrines

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Modern warfare dictates different Services and indeed different components of national power to be brought together intelligently to achieve unity of command and unity of effort. Modern warfare is also extremely complex, and no two wars can be stated....

February 20, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence , China , Article , China , CDS , Air dominance , Joint Doctrine , Service specific doctrines , Theatre Commands

Vimarsh on Water Security in India

On 7th February, 2023 Vivekananda International Foundation organized a Vimarsh, a monthly talk series, on “Water Security in India”. Shri Bharat Lal, Director General, National Centre for Good Governance, Department of Administrative Reforms & Pu....

February 17, 2023 Vimarsh , National Security and Strategic Studies , Good Governance , water security , Sanitation Management Organization , Chiranjeevi Yojana

India’s March towards Achieving Hypersonic Capability

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

The Premise

On 27 Jan 2023, the Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha Coast was abuzz with hectic activity. At the countdown 5,4,3,2,1, now….. the Agni I Missile lifted off carrying the Hypersonic Technology Demonstration Vehicle (HSTDV) for ....

February 16, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , HSTDV , Hypersonic capability , HGV , HCM , SCRAMJET

A Perspective on Defence Budget 2023-24

Amit Cowshish Article

At Rs 5,93,538, the overall defence budget for the financial year (FY) 2023-24 is one of the largest constituents of the union budget, trailing behind interest payments (Rs 10,79,971 crore) and capital expenditure (Rs 10,09,961 crore). This sounds pr....

February 13, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Army , Defence budget , DRDO , Air Force , GDP , Border Roads Organisation , Capital expenditure , revenue

India’s Defence Budget 2023-24

Laxman Kumar Behera Commentary

Presenting the Union Budget 2023-24 before the Parliament on February 01, the Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, allocated Rs 5.94 lakh crore—about US$72 billion—to the Ministry of Defence (MoD). While allocating the new budget for the MoD, th....

February 07, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , Army , Air Force , Revenue budget , Navy , capital expenditure defence budget

IAF’s Revised Doctrine 2022: An Overview

Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The Indian Air Force has very recently published the third iteration of its Doctrine, a document which forges the close connect between India’s national security and its air power. Few are probably aware that the IAF has also been elevated to the t....

February 07, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Air defence , Indian Air Force , SAGAR , doctrine , Air space , joint planning , no war no peace , space assets

China in the Cyber Domain

Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

China is developing cyber capacities in pursuit of its economic, political and strategic objectives. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China differs considerably from its Western counterparts in its approach to cyber and network operations. It ....

February 07, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Cyber Security , China , PLA , Book Published , Cyber Security , Cyber Attack , China Cyber-Influence , cyber domain

Geopolitics of Cyber Attribution

Divyanshu Jindal Article

Abstract

With the world witnessing a full-scale offensive as a part of the Russia-Ukraine conflict it now seems inevitable that all future conflicts will have a cyber component. As nations worldwide prepare to develop their capabilitie....

January 31, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Article , Geopolitics , Cyberspace , espionage , Cyber , cyberattack , Attribution , Cyberwarfare