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Lt General Davinder Kumar, PVSM, VSM Bar, ADC (Retd.)
(Former SOin-C) (Cyber Security)

(Former SOin-C) (Cyber Security)

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Bull’s Eye - Chak De India
April 01, 2019 Lt General Davinder Kumar, PVSM, VSM Bar, ADC (Retd.)
27 March, 2019 will go down as the most memorable day of this decade when India demonstrated an indigenous and operational Anti-Satellite Technology (ASAT) System, the fourth nation to do so in the world after USA, Russia and China. The DRDO and ISRO...

Tags: Technological and Scientific Studies, Commentary, India’s ASAT, Indian space technology
A Threat Looming Large: India must display Resolve and Unity
August 23, 2018 Lt General Davinder Kumar, PVSM, VSM Bar, ADC (Retd.)
India is in transition in many ways: From agricultural to industrial to information age with constantly varying coincidence amongst them. There is transformation to digital economy, new tax regime, infrastructure development and extension of service...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Cyber Security, Article, ICT and Media, Controlling disinformation campaigns, Fake news
सैन्य मामलों में लंबित परिवर्तनः भारतीय सेना
May 30, 2016 Lt General Davinder Kumar, PVSM, VSM Bar, ADC (Retd.)
इतिहास साक्षी है कि, उन्नत हो रही प्रौद्योगिकी और बदलती रणनीति ने युद्ध लड़ने के तरीके में क्रा�...

Tags: Military Affairs, Technological and Scientific Studies, Hindi
Awaiting RMA: Indian Army
May 16, 2016 Lt General Davinder Kumar, PVSM, VSM Bar, ADC (Retd.)
Throughout history, advances in technology and strategy have revolutionised the way wars are fought. But never before has the spread, influence and penetration of a technology been so rapid and wide spread as the Information and Communication Technol...

Tags: Military Affairs, Technological and Scientific Studies
VIF Papers 
What is Cyber Security ? Status and Challenges: India
August 09, 2016 Lt General Davinder Kumar, PVSM, VSM Bar, ADC (Retd.)
The transition from an industrial to an information era has created a new domain, “Cyberspace” and ushered in a new security paradigm with new threats to both national and human security. With large scale automation, rapid penetration of ICT and ...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Cyber Security, Cyber war, Cyberspace, Digital India Initiative, Cyber terrorism
Strategic Gaps in India’s Net Centricity
July 04, 2016 Lt General Davinder Kumar, PVSM, VSM Bar, ADC (Retd.)
In the digital battle field of 21st century, Technology and Information are the new currencies of power. Exploitation of both of these to create efficiency, economy of effort and facilitate full spectrum operations;nuclear to asymmetric and strategic...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Cyber Security, India’s Net Centricity, Information and Communication Technology
Information and Communication Technologies: Key to Transform India
June 29, 2016 Lt General Davinder Kumar, PVSM, VSM Bar, ADC (Retd.)
The Digital Era ushered in by the ICTs and Media has opened up exciting possibilities for the country. India realized the potential of ICT for all round development and started building the infrastructure and capacities in the mid-nineties. She is no...

Tags: Technological and Scientific Studies, Digital India, Digital infrastructure, Information and Communication Technology, Indian Council for Research
VIF Briefs 
Winning the War Against Space Debris: An International Imperative
July 20, 2022 Lt General Davinder Kumar, PVSM, VSM Bar, ADC (Retd.)
… there is a massive amount of space debris already in orbit … the amount will continue to grow … debris removal methods and their quick operationalisation will have to find ways to co-exist and promote the ongoing safety, security, and sustain...

Tags: Technological and Scientific Studies, Space debris, security of space environs, dangers of space collision, crowded space and ramifications, space management laws, India’s space debris control
Semiconductor FABs: A National Mission
May 05, 2022 Lt General Davinder Kumar, PVSM, VSM Bar, ADC (Retd.)
… improvements in semiconductor and related technologies would have direct impact on the security, economy, society, and human society ... chip dependent systems would contribute substantially towards the comprehensive power of the nations and woul...

Tags: Technological and Scientific Studies, Make in India, Digital India, Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication, National Policy on Electronics, Electronic System Design, Semiconductor technology
Is Colonisation of Space Imminent?
April 10, 2019 Lt General Davinder Kumar, PVSM, VSM Bar, ADC (Retd.)
… India, with its well-developed space programme, must claim her rightful place and plan for space exploration, space station … by involvement of the private sector and co-operation with like-minded nations like Japan and Israel … (She should) ...

Tags: Technological and Scientific Studies, India’s space exploration, space technology, space and mankind, National Space Society
Cyber Security: Fundamental to India’s Sovereignty
October 09, 2018 Lt General Davinder Kumar, PVSM, VSM Bar, ADC (Retd.)
… cyber security is the single largest concern for nations and societies today as they move from agro-industrial age to the Information Age … threats are present 24/7 across the full spectrum, from: Cyber-crime to cyber espionage to cyber terrori...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Cyber Security, Cyber Security, India’s cyber security, Structure for cyber security
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