Category: ORGANISATIONAL ISSUES
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The Big Military Drift by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also published in The Financial Express @ The Big Military Drift Our erudite External Affairs Minister with his sharp-witted interjections has put many doubting interlocutors in their place. India has overtaken its erstwhile colonial master as the fifth largest economy and is on course to be the third largest by 2030. The world seems to…
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Establishment of High Altitude Firing Ranges By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Establishment of High Altitude Firing Ranges Currently, we sorely lack adequate facilities in high altitudes. There is great difficulty in inducting or developing new equipment or training troops with longer range weapon systems to meet operational and developmental requirements of High Altitudes. This is a long standing red flag and needs urgent attention. Updated: August 27,…
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Aatmanirbharta In Defence : An Independent Nodal Umbrella Body for Training, Trials, Testing and Certification by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also published @ Financial Express Video of the presentation given during the Webinar Introduction A webinar on ‘Aatmanirbharta In Defence – Call To Action’ was held on 25 Feb 22 in which those who matter and deal with Defence in the Government and Industry gave their views, and exchanged them with others. There were four themes…
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Institutional Talk on China's Civil Military Fusion at C3S
This is the recording of a talk I gave on China’s Civil Military Fusion on 16 Jan 22 as part of the Institutional Dialogue at Chennai Centre for China Studies. The Q&A session of the talk was very interesting and thought provoking. The talk is based on an Article I had written earlier @ Civil Military…
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Civil Military Fusion : An Indian Necessity By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Background All great nations have gone through a process of Civil- Military fusion. The industrial revolution and the colonial era is a story of Civil-Military fusion in Europe. Inventiveness in science and technology focussed on how it could make colonial militaries better equipped, lethal and more efficient. Each colonial power wanted a military machine…
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Why Corporatisation of Ordnance Board is a Must By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Published @ https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/2020/aug/11/why-corporatisation-of-ordnance-board-is-a-must-2181746.html On 16th May 2020 the Government announced the decision to corporatize OFB to improve its autonomy, accountability and efficiency. It evoked overwhelming response from the Armed Forces who felt that the step was overdue but suboptimal. Almost everyone wanted the OFB to be privatised on a PPP model. Simultaneously there were discordant notes from within OFB. The feedback indicated…
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TRACKS CHANGING FOR INDIAN ARMED FORCES BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
The Pandemic Effect The Pandemic is a watershed event of 21st Century. The eventual normal is more than 4-5 years away. In between there will be many false normals. Major upheavals in geopolitics, economies and lifestyles on the cards. While the Indian economy is under the pump, this period also represents a period of economic…
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ARMED FORCES AT 58 AND ASPIRATIONAL YOUNG INDIA AT 70 by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
The feedback I got on the article ‘1/3rd Fauji Retirement at 58‘ [1]was illuminating and educative. It brought forth some fundamental issues which are relevant and must be considered before a case is taken up to increase the age of retirement of 1/3rd of the Armed Forces to 58. However, there are issues beyond that. That…
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1/3RD FAUJI RETIREMENT AT 58 by Lt Gen P R Shankar( r)
India Today says that as per General Bipin Rawat , the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), the rise in budget outlay for pensions of armed forces personnel is “unsustainable” and three Services are conducting a study to analyse the feasibility of extending the retirement age of jawans till 58. The CDS is quoted to have…
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PLATFORMS FOR DEFENCE STARTUPS: THE WAY FORWARD By LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
WISHING YOU A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR RMA to DMA – Technologies Involved Disruption in Military Affairs (DMA) is here to stay. The transition from RMA to DMA has started. The technologies involved are many as shown in the graphic below. They are beyond the scope of a formal organization like DRDO due to sheer…
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