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The Oxygen Crisis in Second Wave Covid-19 Pandemic in India and “We the People”
May 03, 2021 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak
The Silver Lining Dr. Rajendra Bharud an Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer of 2013 batch presently Collector Nandurbar in the tribal area of Maharashtra started setting up a liquid oxygen plant way back in September 2020 when t...

Tags: Governance and Political Studies, Article, Wuhan virus, O2 crisis, Nandurbar case, handling the second Covid-19 wave in India, medical oxygen, Rajendra Bharud
Transformation in Indian Armed Forces to Exploit Modern Information Systems
April 12, 2021 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak
Need for Adapting Modern Information Systems in Military Operations The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) today are capable of revolutionizing military operations. Since early 90’s Indian Armed Forces have gained immensel...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Military operations, AI Systems, Chhamb Sector, Command & Control, Decision making, Indo-Pak wars, Information systems, Network Centricity, sensor integration
India’s Cyber Deterrence Against China
March 12, 2021 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak
Cyber Threats from China: Chinese Offensive Capabilities and Modus Operandi China raised cyber war units way back in 20031. Major objectives of these units has been cyber surveillance, manipulating network data, disseminating p...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Cyber Security, Article, Cyber Deterrence, Cyber war, Media War, ICT Adaption, Cyber Weapons
Fifth Generation (5G) Cellular Communication: Technology and Geopolitics
January 07, 2021 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak
What Makes 5G Wireless Communication So Different? The steady growth from first to fourth generation mobile communication was smooth, rapid and vastly beneficial to the Information, and Communication Technology (ICT) related industries....

Tags: Technological and Scientific Studies, Article, India, China, Taiwan, 5G, COVID-19, Samsung, IOT
Information War Waged by China against India
December 16, 2020 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak
In May 2020 the Indian media covered news of large scale Chinese intrusion in Ladakh1. This was followed by a series of articles by the mainstream media about how the current government had failed to safeguard the territorial integrity of ...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, Economic War, Political war, Chinese threat spectrum against India, IW
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Book Published / Book Reviews 
India's Strategies for Information War & Cyber Deterrence
February 16, 2020 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak
The concept of Information Warfare (IW) is as old as warfare itself but has gained in significance in recent times where we look at non-contact battles between two adversaries. This concept involves the use of information and communication technologi...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Cyber Security, strategy, Book Published, Cyber Security, Network Centric war, Cyber war, Economic War, Political war, Perception Management, Special Forces, Supply Chain Management. 5G impact on IW
VIF Briefs 
Optimising Defense Expenditure
December 12, 2018 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak
… there is no place for wasteful expenditure. Indigenization must be the preferred option so that defense expenditure generates employment, helps in earning foreign exchange and sharpens our technology as also learning curve ......

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Defence budgeting, Defence industry, Defense Budgeting in India
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