P. K. Gautam

The paper makes a case for the need for a renaissance of military history, and modern war studies in India. There is a wide gap in knowledge base of contemporary...

• P. K. Gautam |
• 2011 |
• Occasional Papers

Publisher: Shipra The Indian Armed Forces are intimately linked to Indian society. Their role in national integration is a fascinating inquiry. The book traces the historic evolution of the Indian...

• P. K. Gautam |
• 2008 |
• Book

Publisher: Shipra Publications The book gives an overview of the Ecological Task Forces and institutions of the army. The Thar desert, Kumaon hills, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and the Northeast have...

• P. K. Gautam |
• 2010 |
• Book

Military capabilities matter. Countries and regions where wars have taken place have one important attribute- battle and operational experience. The monograph examines 21st century wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Georgia...

• P. K. Gautam |
• 2013 |
• Monograph

This work establishes the need for relevance of Kautilya's Arthasastra to contemporary security studies. The paper provides an overview and an update of various academic and scholarly controversies on its...

• P. K. Gautam |
• 2013 |
• Monograph

In order to make a work relevant, scholarly attempts to study the text such as Kautilya’s Arthashastra, and then critically apply it to explain, compare and understand contemporary issues is...

• P. K. Gautam |
• 2015 |
• Monograph

This monograph engages with and explores the concepts of dharma and artha in Kautilya's Arthashastra and also the Mahabharata, and provides a few contemporary examples.

• P. K. Gautam |
• 2016 |
• Monograph

This study compares Indian traditions of statecraft in Kamandaka’s Nitisara, or the Elements of Polity, with the earlier foundational root text of Kautilya’s Arthashastra. There are commonalities, dissimilarities and uniqueness...

• P. K. Gautam |
• 2019 |
• Monograph

India has a live, longstanding, and multiple traditions of secular texts and treatise on statecraft, not only in Sanskrit but also in Dravidian traditions in Tamil. For a total picture...

• P. K. Gautam |
• 2021 |
• Monograph

The problems caused by climate change have been recognised as one of the greatest concern of this century. The subject is futuristic, relevant and multi-disciplinary with many stakeholders. The matter...

• P. K. Gautam |
• 2014 |
• Occasional Papers