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Category Archives: COAS
Seniority or Merit – The Dilemma of Higher Military Appointments
For decades, the established convention in India for appointing the Chief of Army Staff and other apex military positions was straightforward: the senior-most eligible officer was elevated. Critics often dismissed this system as mechanical or overly rigid. Yet it rested … Continue reading
Posted in Appraisal System, Blogitorial, COAS, Democracy, Higher Defence Management
Tagged army, Army Chief, Indian Army, promotions
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Dissent, Disobedience and Defiance
Constructive dissent is essential to good military leadership — but it must occur within the decision-making process, not after the fact. Public post-retirement criticism by senior commanders risks crossing from professional dissent into defiance or disobedience. There is a deeply … Continue reading
Politicisation of the Armed Forces: Examining the Claims
A lot has been spoken and written about the politicisation of the Armed Forces in the recent past. The latest is a recent article in Deccan Herald by AVS Namboodiri which claims that in the recent past—presumably during the tenure of the current NDA … Continue reading
Crisis of Confidence
The crisis of command between the COAS and the environment is alarming, and needs to be resolved at the earliest. Continue reading
Posted in COAS, Military
Tagged adgpi, army, bipin rawat, COAS, CSD, disability pension, Veterans
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Appointment of Army Chief – if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it
Overlooking the principle of seniority in appointing the army chief could open door for future political interference in the armed forces. Continue reading
Posted in COAS, Military, Politics
Tagged Appointment, Army Chief, army commander, bakshi, cabinet committee, rawat, retire, suhag
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Is the Indian Army in Danger of Being Politicised?
The following article appeared in The Quint. Original can be accessed here. Gen Dalbir Suhag, the present army chief is due to retire at the end of this month. However, in a surprising break from past practice, the name of … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Military Relations, COAS, Military, Politics
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A Study in Futility?
As per a recent news report, the Chief has ordered a study to look at increasing the availability of officers in units. With shortage of officers reaching alarming levels of almost one fifth of the sanctioned strength, the concern and … Continue reading
Posted in Blogitorial, COAS, Equipment, Military, Reforms, Shortage of officers
Tagged AWWA, MS Branch, Reforms, Shortage of officers, study
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Line of succession – myth vs reality
The media war centering around former COAS Gen VK Singh the last few months has, amongst many other effects, thrown around a number of ‘Red Herrings’. The aspects of honour and morale have been talked about in earlier posts. The … Continue reading
Posted in Blogitorial, COAS, Higher Defence Management, Military
Tagged Appointment, COAS, line of succession, Merit, Seniority
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Morale of the story
Just like honour, morale is a word that has been bandied about a lot in the recent past. Specially in context of the age row that has been dominating the front pages and prime time slots for an unbearably long … Continue reading
Posted in Blogitorial, COAS, Media, Military, Values
Tagged Age row, Media, morale, motivation, spin doctors
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Age Row – Some Facts
Going by the round and round arguments about Gen VK Singh’s age row, it seems people have not gone beyond the sound bytes and headlines to understand the real issue involved. The issue in question was NOT the actual year … Continue reading
Posted in COAS, Media, Military, Politics
Tagged #agerow, COAS, Gen VK Singh, Indian Army
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