From Infighting to Warfighting: Walking The Talk Towards Effective Jointness Part...

The Indian Experience

In my opinion, many of these issues, concerns, biases, delays, and territorial sensitivities have shaped the discussions we have had over the past two decades in India. It’s particularly unfortunate that, despite the valuable contributions of the Kargil Review Committee, the Group of Ministers in 2003, and many aspects of the Naresh Chandra Committee, we are hindered by certain human shortcomings. These drawbacks prevent us from effectively reorganising a Higher Defence Organisation (HDO) and executing integrated commands in warfare.

Next, and this may sound somewhat heretical to some of you. Let me phrase a thesis like this: “ No major country and large armed forces such as ours have more joint training and professional military education opportunities than India.