SEMINAR ON FUTURE NATIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES FOR INDIA –COPING STRATEGI
30 Oct 2009
A seminar on Future National Security Challenges for India-Coping Strategies was organized by the Gandiv Division on behalf of South Western Command from 28 October to 30 October 2009 at the Kota University Auditorium. The seminar, commenced with the opening remarks by Lieutenant General K Surendra Nath, VSM the General Officer Commanding Chetak Corps.
The seminar addressed various facets of national security in a holistic manner and discussed aspects to include India and the Global Geo-Strategic Environment, New Wave of Terrorism, Non-Traditional Threats to India’s Security and Defence Planning and Security Reforms. It provided an opportunity to service officers to share the views of luminaries on the subject and interact with them during the course of three sessions. It also provided an interactive forum for better understanding of national security challenges in future, which would facilitate formulation of strategies to cope with future national security challenges, in what is increasingly being seen as a complex geo-political environment.
The seminar brought together a rare and distinguished group of speakers who have all made a mark for themselves in their respective fields, They included Admiral Arun Prakash (Retired), former Chief of Naval Staff and Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee, Ambassador Kanwal Sibal, Lieutenant General Raman Puri (Retird), Mr BG Verghese, Air Commodore Jasjit Singh (Retired) and many other renowned personalities, who are currently in the upper echelons of security related ‘think tanks’ in the country.
The seminar concluded with an address by Lieutenant General CKS Sabu, AVSM, VSM, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South Western Command, who highlighted the importance of such forums as an opportunity for widening horizons and sharing collective wisdom. He spoke of the future challenges and the measures for addressing them.
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