Address at the National Seminar on Defence Acquisition Acquisition efficiencies represent the most vital element in India's quest for optimal defence capability build up in the desired time and cost horizons. The focused attention bestowed by MOD and... V. K. Misra | January 2010 | Journal of Defence Studies
Paper Evaluation of Technical Offers ……if Paper Evaluation were achieving its aim of ensuring that only those equipments that meet the technical parameters were invited for field evaluation and if that conclusion was to be... I. S. Chaturvedi | January 2010 | Journal of Defence Studies
Firming Up the “Buy”, “Buy & Make” and “Make” Decision and Relevance of the Pre-Feasibility Study The Government has professed it's inclination to promote indigenous production of defence products over and over again but unfortunately something seems to be holding the ministry back in taking on... Alok Perti | January 2010 | Journal of Defence Studies
United States of America: Chemical Weapons Profile Chemical weapons make premeditated use of the toxic properties of chemical substances to inflict death or harm to human beings and are known as weapons of mass destruction along with…... Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastav | January-March 2010 | CBW Magazine
The Challenges of Contract/Project Implementation To prevent diffusion of responsibility, dedicated teams should be in place for the entire duration of a project, especially for non-R&D projects. The team should be mandated to stick to... Subhash Chandra Pandey | January 2010 | Journal of Defence Studies
Special Address at the National Seminar on Defence Acquisition The present defence procurement and management structures in the Ministry of Defence were set up in 2001 in terms of the recommendations of the Group of Ministers on reforming national... S. Banerjee | January 2010 | Journal of Defence Studies
Bangladeshi Illegal Migration into Assam: Issues and Concerns from the Field The issue of Bangladeshi illegal migration has troubled the state of Assam for decades now. Assamese political and social discourses fear that this unchecked migration from across the border will... Namrata Goswami | January 14, 2010 | Issue Brief
Global War on Terror and the Africa Link Across the globe, a crucial but largely unseen and unheard of force in the Global War on Terrorism is emerging – young, hardened, militant, radicalized recruits from Africa – a... Mayank Bubna | January 14, 2010 | IDSA Comments
Sub-Conventional Warfare Requirements, Impact and Way Ahead Clear higher level directions, strategic and tactical directives are essential for the Army and other security forces trained and equipped for conventional warfare to operate in an extremely challenging and... K C Dixit | January 2010 | Journal of Defence Studies
Maoists rhetoric on India-Nepal Relations India should clarify through actions and words that it has no intention of interfering in Nepal, that it respects Nepal’s sovereignty and that it is ready to work with any... Nihar R. Nayak | January 13, 2010 | IDSA Comments