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R
esearch Projects Currently Underway at The Centre
 

Research Fellowships

Dr (Ms) Manpreet Sethi  Nuclear strategy
 
LT COL R Ghose   Transition of Army Aviation in India
 
Wg Cdr VN Srinivas Defence budgeting and spending
 
WGCDR Kaza Lalitendra Militarisation & Weaponisation of Space Policy Options for India
 
Wg Cdr Sanjay Poduval Electronic Warfafe Exploiting the Invisible Weapons
 
GP Capt J V Singh Cost effective Logistics Management for Defence forces Challenges and Opportunities.
   
GP Capt Sanjeev Bedi Combat Force Structure for IAF in Future
   
Stuti Banerjee Soft Powre and Nations
   
Garima Das US Nuclear Weapon Strategy
   

Other Projects

 
HAL Project

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) sponsored anHAL Fellowship” under the Centre for Air Power Studies on Indian Aviation Industry

 

DRDO Project DRDO sponsored research project titled UAVs and the Transformation of Air Power
   

 

Quarterly Record of Activities

 

Report of Activities - Second Quarter 2006

1st April to 30th June, 2006

09 Apr 06                    Lecture on “Defence Planning” by Professor Edward Luttwak, Senior Adviser, CSIS, Washington, DC.

11 Apr 06                    Book titled Space: The Frontiers of Modern Defence by Wg Cdr KK Nair, Research Fellow at the Centre (Published by Knowledge World, New Delhi)

11-12 Apr 06               International Conference on “Energising Indian Aerospace Industry: Challenges, Opportunities and Strategies for the Coming Decades” (in collaboration with the Indian Air Force, CII, and Society for Aerospace Studies)

06 May 06                   Command Seminar on “Aerospace Power in National Security” at Air Force Station, Pune (in collaboration with HQ South Western Air Command)

12 May 06                   Fellows Seminar on “UAV Capabilities and Trends: Case Studies of USA, Israel and Europe” by Wg Cdr Rajeev Goyal, Fellow, CAPS

13 May 06                   Lecture on “Conventional War under Nuclear Shadow”, by General VP Malik, PVSM AVSM VSM, former Chief of the Army Staff

31 May 06                   Fellows Seminar on “Efficiency in Defence Expenditure: Examining an Input-Output Relationship” by Wg Cdr VN Srinivas, Fellow, CAPS

03 Jun 06                     Fellows Seminar on “Technological Requirements of Network Centric Warfare” by Wg Cdr S Kulkarni, Research Fellow, CAPS

19-23 Jun 06               “Nuclear Strategy Capsule” for serving Senior Officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, CIDS, NSC Secretariat, DRDO, DAE, LBSNAA,etc 

                                    Inaugural Address by Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi, PVSM AVSM VM ADC, Chief of the Air Staff

                                    Valedictory Address by Shri K Subrahmanyam

24-25 Jun 06               National Conference on “Defence Manpower Issues”

                                    Inaugural Address by General J.J. Singh, PVSM AVSM, ADC Chief of the Army Staff

                                    Valedictory Address by Shri Vinod Mishra, FA(DS), MOD, Govt of India 

 

   
Planned Activities

Planned Activities - Third Quarter 2006

July 1, 2006 to September 30, 2006

 

13 Jul 06                      Lecture on “Future of Air Warfare” by Christopher M Chadwick, Vice President, Global Strike Systems, Boeing at the Centre

15 Jul 06                      Fellows’ Seminar, “UAV Capabilities and Trends in Southern Asia”, by Wg Cdr Rajiv Goyal, Research Fellow, CAPS at the Centre

22 Jul 06                      Fellows’ Seminar, “Nature of Future Wars”, by Gp Capt TD Joseph VM, Senior Fellow, CAPS at the Centre

26 Jul 06                      Fellows’ Seminar, “Options for Utilising Space for India’s Defence” by Wg Cdr KK Nair, Fellow, CAPS at the Centre

05 Aug 06                   Command Seminar on “Strategic Aerospace Power” at Air Force Station, Agra in collaboration with HQ Central Air Command, IAF

30 Aug 06                   Fellows’ Seminar, “National Budgeting System and Defence Budgeting”, by Wg Cdr VN Srinivas, Fellow, CAPS at the Centre

02 Sep 06                   National Seminar on “Cost Effective Logistics Management in Defence” at the Centre

16 Sep 06                   Command Seminar on “China’s Military Modernisation”, at Air Force Station, Kalaikunda, in collaboration with HQ Eastern Air Command, IAF

27 Sep 06                    Fellows’ Seminar, “Planning for Aerospace Power Application in Limited Wars”, by Gp Capt TD Joseph, VM, Senior Fellow, CAPS at the Centre

 

6 Dec 06                     Talk by Max Singer, Senior Research Associate, BESA Centre for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv on Air Power in Lebanon - 2006

8 Dec 06                     Decoys Against Anti - Radiation Missiles (Fellow's Seminar)

18 Dec 06                   Talk by Ashley Tellis, Senior Research Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington on China's Rising Power.

20 Dec 06                   UAV Needs of the Indian Navy (Fellow's Seminar)

27 Dec 06                  Organising Air and Space Power for Enhancing Comprehensive National Power (Fellows' Seminar)

30-31 Dec 06             3rd Subroto Mukerjee Seminar "IAF at 75: From Sub-Continental to Continental Force" (Gulmohar, India Habitat Centre)

 

   

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