Scholars Projects

Grey Zone Conflicts – Way Ahead for India – Lt Gen Dushyant Singh, PVSM, AVSM (Retd)

Grey zone is an emerging neo space of warfare and being practiced almost by all leading military powers in furtherance of their national interests. It can be clearly identified by a space in the conflict domain which is neither peace not war. Grey zone warfare will become all pervasive and the preferred instrument of political power games between nations. The proposed book will broadly dwell on understanding Grey Zone Warfare, forms of Grey Zone Warfare, leading practitioners of warfare such as the USA, Russia, China, and Iran. Thereafter, it will dwell on grey zone threats against India including strategies to deal with the grey zone challenges.

Combat Support Aviation Trajectory Issues and Challenges – Group Captain Kishore Kumar Khera VM (Retd)

Combat aviation has made significant strides in the last five decades and now practically shapes the combat environment. However, almost all combat aviation missions depend on support from other aviation activities clubbed as combat support aviation. Combat support aviation includes aviation mission undertaken for reconnaissance, surveillance, targeting support, command and control, in-flight refuelling, communication and electronic warfare. With support from these elements, combat aviation has been able to expand the battlespace and make combat operations cost-effective. Expansion of the role of combat support aviation operations has been one of the defining features of the contemporary operational environment. Therefore, the upward trajectory of role and scope of combat support aviation needs to be mapped. The focus of this project is to assess the role and profile of combat support aviation in the next two decades with specific reference to India.

India-China Civilisational Connect – Shri Tarun Vijay

Even though India’s bilateral relations with China have seen many ups and downs in the post-Independece era, the two countries share a deep civilizational bond. More than a thousand Indian monks had travelled to China, to teach Buddhism, though detailed record of approximately only 200 of them are available. Notable names include among them are Bodhidharma, Kashayp, Amoghvajra, Batuo,,Kumarajiva,etc. This study aims to bring out the most significant of India’s contributions towards the making of a civilizational, spiritual and literary China through a comprehensive research on the greatest of the Indian monks, Kumarajiva. None in the Indian history has influenced a vast section of population in a foreign country as Kumarajiva who hailed from Kashmir and stayed in China till his death in c. 409 CE.

Comprehensive Development of Northeast : Window to India’s Act East Policy – Shri Jitesh Khosla

It has taken time for the North East region, with its distinctive historical past and the linguistic, ethnic and tribal identities and related sub-nationalisms, to be subsumed in the Indian State. At the same time, It is well recognized that economic development in the North East can enable regional trade and exchanges as well as contribute towards building India’s comprehensive national power in the South East Asia region. Therefore, this study seeks to examine as to how a policy framework for comprehensive economic development in the North East region of India can be arrived at and the possible options to enable its implementation with particular emphasis on furtherance of Act East policy.

India’s Hydro-Politics in South Asia – Col Kuldeep Singh Rohil

The project is a study of exploring future of Water as strategic tool by India, for building cooperation or as a leveraging tool to further its national interests in South Asia. It explores use of water resources to further national security and national interests in dealing with our neighbours within the framework of International norms as a responsible riparian state to achieve its own water security due to dependence on China. It also explores use of our position upper, lower and middle riparian with different neighbours to forge water cooperation in subcontinent at the same time force lower riparian’s like Pakistan and Bangladesh to cooperate in a responsible manner by assuring water security or denying water in case they act belligerent.