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Talk by Shri Atul D. Rane, Scientist ‘H’, Outstanding Scientist and DG BrahMos, DRDO

Vivekananda International Foundation and DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) together have interactions in which eminent and distinguished speakers from DRDO have given presentations to the think tanks, industry, startups, military, ....

October 03, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Interaction , DRDO , BrahMos , Atul D. Rane
Interaction with Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS) Lt. Gen BS Raju, UYSM, AVASM

VIF organisned a talk and interaction with Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS) Lt. Gen BS Raju, UYSM, AVASM on "Measures Being Adopted to Enhance the Combat Potential of Indian Army including the Agniveers" on 21 July 2022 from 1100 to 1230 hours at th....

October 03, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Interaction , Indian Army , COAS , Agniveers
Joint VIF-ARTRAC-IIM Indore Capsule on Strategic Leadership and Perspective Planning Programme (23-26 Aug 2022)

VIF in collaboration with Army War College/Army Training Command and IIM Indore organized a three day capsule on “Strategic Leadership and Perspective Planning” programme for recently approved three star generals at the Vivekananda International ....

September 20, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Seminars , Defence production , Geostrategic , Defeating Threats , India’s Strategic Culture , Leadership Workshop
Indigenization of Defence Production: India’s Journey from Vision to Outcomes
Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak Article

The Changing Landscape of Defence Production in India
In 2013 India was the top importer of arms. This dubious distinction stayed for the next five years- accounting for 12% of total global imports by all the countries
September 19, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Indigenization , Defence Public Sector Unit (DPSU) , Ordnance Board , Tejas Mk II , INS Vikrant
Revitalising Indian Military Ethical Leadership
Lt. Gen Ajai Kumar Singh, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM Article

“KarmanyeVaadhikaraste Maa Phaleshu Kadaachana, Maa karmaphalheturbhur Maa Te Sangostva Karmani” Thy business is with action only, never with its fruits, So let not the fruit of action be thy motive, nor be Thou to inaction attach....

August 27, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , morals , Ethical lLeadership , Field Marshal KM Cariappa , integrity , leading by example , military ethics , misplaced loyalty , Unethical leadership , Zero Error Syndrome
Challenges in Defence Acquisitions
Amit Cowshish Article

The Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020 (DAP2020) [1] aims at optimal utilisation of the allocated budget for timely acquisition of military equipment, systems and platforms meeting the desired parameter....

August 26, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , DAP 2020 , capability development , Defence Planning MOD
The Future of Ground Based Air Defence
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Setting the Perspective

Introduction
This work carries the author’s perception of the required ‘future face of the nation’s Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) which will be capable of countering the futuristic threats from our....

August 17, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Air defence , Missiles , Drones , GBAD , hypersonic
Lt Gen John Ranjan Mukherjee, ‘A Soldier for Life – My Story’, Vij Books India Pvt Ltd, Delhi, 2021, pages 396, Rs 995/-, ISBN: 978-93-90917-72-3]
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

This is a story of the experience of one of the most illustrious General Officers of the Indian Army of recent time: the experiences in the Assam Regiment, India-Pakistan 1971 War, India’s North East, Jammu & Kashmir and India’s Tibet Border. The....

August 08, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Indian Army , Book Reviews , Johny Mukherjee , General Rostum Nanavatty , India’s foreign relations
Military Civil Fusion in China
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd) Article

“We must accelerate the formation of a full-element, multi-domain, and high-return military-civil fusion deep development pattern, and gradually build up China’s unified military-civil system of strategies and strategic capability”, - Xi Jin....

August 01, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , China’s technology adaptation , military-civil technical integration , China’s military grading of civil products , technology fusion in China , repurposing technology for military application
Remembering Kargil: How it Redefined the Concept of War between India and Pakistan
Dhritiman Mukherjee Article

Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated every 26th of July to commemorate the valour and sacrifice of our soldiers who fought in the Kargil war of 1999. The war was fought by Indian soldiers in the Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir, now situated in Lada....

July 29, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Defence , Pakistan , Article , India , Pakistan , Kargil , nuclear deterrence
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