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Homeland Security Conference 2019, on ‘Innovation led Cyber Security Management’, Jointly Organised by the VIF and the FICCI, 22-23 August 2019, New Delhi

The ‘Homeland Security Conference 2019 on ‘Innovation led Cyber Security Management’ was the 3rd edition, jointly organised by the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), and the FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry....

September 19, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Seminars , national security , Cyber Security , 2019 , FICCI , Homeland Security , Digital platforms , Law Enforcement Agencies , Cyber Terrorists
Accession of Jammu and Kashmir and Constitutional Provisions: A Historical Recount

… Pakistan is a self-appointed Stake Holder in Kashmir Dispute … has always displayed double standards while dealing with J&K … with this new development she has started becoming fearful about its hold on POJK and Gilgit-Baltistan. No wonder Pa....

September 16, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Jammu and Kashmir , India’s constitutional amendment , History of Kashmir politics , Kashmir’s integration
Implementation of the Decision on the Chief of Defence Staff for Indian Armed Forces
VIF Study Group Report Article

Composition of the Study Group
The long awaited decision of the government to appoint a Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) for the Indian Armed Forces has finally been taken and is a welcome move. This reform would definitely bring better integ....

September 13, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Govt CDS initiative , Guidelines on CDS function , MoD reforms
Institutional Vulnerability in Handling Disaster
Dr Swati Mitra Commentary

Abstract:
The recent Mumbai floods, now Kerala, Karnataka and children dying in Muzaffarpur raises questions that is it lack of resources or preparedness or institutional vulnerability that has led to loss of lives in all these places. M....

September 13, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Disaster Management , Commentary , Dealing with calamities , Disaster management institutions
Kashmir Urgently Needs a Fresh Intellectual Discourse
Bashir Assad Commentary

As the situation in Kashmir slowly but steadily seems to ease off, the baffling question in most quarters is that how should the Government move forward in restoring the confidence of large sections of people in the Valley. This question does not app....

September 11, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Separatist discourse in Kashmir , Kashmir of false narratives
Research and Development in Cyber Domain and Indian Perspective
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

… India has to develop its own technologies, an electronic manufacturing base, R&D infrastructure and a highly skilled human resource… talented professionals available in the cyber eco system have to be brought in for research on indigenization o....

September 05, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Technological and Scientific Studies , Cyber Security , Cyber R&D in India , India’s cyber vulnerability , Action plan for cyber security
Chief of Defence Staff: A Far-reaching Decision

… Institution of a body of military professionals to participate in defence policy-making at the apex level, duly empowered in highest level advisory as well as management roles, is a call of strategic wisdom. This call must be attended to with ala....

September 03, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Indian military , Indian Defence , CDS , Chief of Defence Staff
Centre-State Synergy shall Defeat Maoist Challenge
DR P V Ramana Commentary

At long last, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and the governments in the various affected States seem to have come on to the same page in addressing the challenge thrown-up by Naxalites of Communist Party of India (Maoist), CPI Maoist or Maoists, ....

September 03, 2019 Leftwing Extremism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , Maoist situation , Naxal surrender policy , Maoist funding
Pakistan: Developing Narrative
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Commentary

Since the 05 August 2019 revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), several strands have emerged in the developing Pakistani narrative that Prime Minister Imran Khan is spearheading. In this, the entire government machinery and espe....

August 31, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , Pakistan’s reaction on J&K , Pakistan’s false rhetoric , Pakistan’s Muslim card
CDS Appointment: An Opportunity to Streamline Defence Acquisitions
Dr Kapil Patil Commentary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day announcement from the ramparts of Red Fort to create Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) constitutes a major milestone in the history of India’s defence reforms1. The appointment of CDS was one....

August 26, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Technological and Scientific Studies , Commentary , Appointment of CDS , Military jointmanship , Military modernization
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