Amit Cowshish

Amit Cowshish retired from the Indian Defence Accounts Service in 2012 after serving for thirty five years in various capacities in the Defence Accounts Department. He served on deputation with the Ministry of Defence first as Under Secretary and later as Additional Financial Advisor & Joint Secretary and Financial Advisor (Acquisition) & Additional Secretary. He also served as Commissioner for Departmental Inquiries on deputation with the Central Vigilance Commission.

Contributions

Challenges in Reforms of DRDO

October 05, 2023 Amit Cowshish

The Government of India has set up a nine-member committee to revamp the Department of Defence Research and Development (DR&D) and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) which, though technically separate entities, segue seamlessly ...

Tags: Technological and Scientific Studies, Article, DRDO, MoD, R&D, DARPA

A Perspective on Defence Budget 2023-24

February 13, 2023 Amit Cowshish

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...

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

Challenges in Defence Acquisitions

August 26, 2022 Amit Cowshish

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...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, DAP 2020, capability development, Defence Planning MOD