India's National Security
Annual Review 2009
India's National Security
Annual Review 2009
Editor-in-Chief
SATISH KUMAR
2009 Satish Kumar
Published 2010
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Contents
I
National Security Review
II
National Security Threats and Challenges
III
Military Profile of Countries in the Neighbourhood
IV
Chronology of Major Events 2008
Editorial Board
Chairman
Amb. M. Rasgotra, Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India, and Former Chairman, National Security Advisory Board
Members
Dr Sanjaya Baru, Former Media Adviser to the Prime Minister, New Delhi
Sh. Tarun Das, Chief Mentor, Confederation of Indian Industry, New Delhi
Amb. Arundhati Ghose, Former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to UN Offices in Geneva and the Conference on Disarmament
Prof. P.V. Indiresan, Former Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai
Lt. Gen. V.K. Kapoor, Former Commandant, Army War College, Mhow
Lt. Gen. Satish Nambiar, Former Director, United Service Institution of India, New Delhi
Dr Roddam Narasimha, Chairman, Engineering Mechanics Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore
Dr S.D. Pradhan, Former Chairman, Joint Intelligence Committee, New Delhi
Sh. Y.S. Rajan, Principal Adviser, Confederation of Indian Industry, New Delhi
Dr V. Siddhartha, Former Scientist Emeritus, Defence Research and Development Organization, New Delhi
Air Cmde. Jasjit Singh, Director, Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi
Sh. B.G. Verghese, Former Editor, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Satish Kumar
Former Professor of Diplomacy
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi
Research Assistants
Radhapiyari Devi
Vineet Thakur
Naresh Kumar B.K.
Arun Kumar Nayak
Indrani Talukdar
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Contributors
V. Balachandran retired as Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India. He served 17 years in Maharashtra Police & 19 years in federal intelligence. In 1987, he was deputed to head a two-man committee, on the request of the President of an important Indian Ocean country, to study and recommend reorganization of their security. In 199394, he headed Indian interagency groups for annual dialogue with USA on terrorism. Since retirement he has been writing and giving lectures on internal security issues. He was a member of the two-man High Level Committee appointed to enquire into Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks.
Chandrajit Banerjee is presently the Director General of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Mr Banerjee has over 20 years of experience in CII. He was also the Executive Director of the National Foundation of Corporate Governance (NFCG), an organization set up by the Ministry of Company Affairs, Government of India. Some of the important positions held by him in the past in CII include: Head of the Regional & States Operations in CII; Head as Regional Director of the Western, Southern and the Northern Regions; Head of Organizational functions HRD/Training, Finance, Administration, Information Technology; headed CII's Economics Department. Before taking over as DG, CII he was the Chief Operating Officer of the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC).
Maj. Gen. G.G. Dwivedi, SM, VSM & Bar, has vast operational and staff experience. He commanded a platoon in Bangladesh war, later a Battalion in Siachen, Mountain Brigade in Kashmir Valley and Mountain Division in Northeast. An alumnus of NDC, he has been Directing Staff at DSSC and Defence Attach in China (with concurrent accreditation to Mongolia and North Korea). As MGGS (Doctrine) and Assistant Chief (Strategy) at the HQ, IDS, he has been instrumental in the formulation of numerous doctrines, strategies and concept papers on Conventional/Unconventional Wars, Space Leadership and Human Resource Development. He is also an M.Phil and Doctoral Fellow, having published a number of books, articles and research papers.
Dr Prem Shanker Goel is currently Chairman, RAC/DRDO, President, Indian National Academy of Engineering, and Member, National Security Advisory Board. In his long career at ISRO, he has contributed to the development of its programs from Aryabhatta to Remote Sensing Satellites like Ocean Sat, Resource Sat, Cartosat-1, TES and Cartosat-2, communication satellites INSAT-I to INSAT-4 and scientific missions like IRS P-3 and Chandryan-I. He has held various positions including Director, TSRO Satellite Centre, Secretary, Department of Ocean Development which he helped transform into Ministry of Earth Sciences. Recipient of numerous awards, he was conferred Padma Shri in 2001.
Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala teaches at IIT, Madras, and is a member of Prime Minister's Scientific Advisory Committee. He has published 53 original research articles in peer-reviewed journals and authored several books and monographs. Awarded Padma Shri in 2002, he is also a recipient of numerous other awards, the most recent being 2009 Bernard Lown 42 Humanitarian award from University of Maine, USA for serving India and Excellence in Science and Technology award for 200809 by Indian Science Congress. He is a fellow of World Wireless Research forum, IEEE and Indian academies including INAE, IAS, INSA and NAS. He is a Director on the boards of State Bank of India, TTML, Polaris, 3i Infotech, Sasken, Tejas, IDRBT, Tata Communications and Exicom.
Air Vice Marshal Kapil Kak AVSM VSM (retd), formerly of the flying branch of the Air Force, is a well-known defence and security affairs analyst who earlier served as Deputy Director, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. Postgraduate in Defence/Strategic Studies from Universities of Madras and Allahabad, he has, in recent years, authored more than 35 major book chapters and journal articles on a variety of strategic, national security and defence issues, and co-edited the book India and Pakistan: Pathways Ahead. He also did a 4-year stint as Advisor (Strategic Studies), University of Jammu. He is founder Additional Director, Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi.
