Former Officers Question Modi Diktat on Jawans Attending Commanders Conference Seeking innovation and novelty , Modi had called for the participation of personnel below officer rank in these meetings, which officials say could end up diluting the services command-and-control structure.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at the Combined Commandersâ Conference at Kevadia in Narmada district of Gujarat, Friday, March 5, 2021. Also seen are Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh. Photo: PTI.
Security05/Mar/2021
Chandigarh:Â The participation of personnel below officer rank (PBOR) in the ongoing Combined Commanders Conference (CCC) at Kevadia in Gujarat, following a recent government directive, has been widely castigated as “disruptive, disturbing and uncalled-for” by serving and retired Indian military officers.
Air Marshal Rajesh Kumar pays tributes at National War Memorial ANI | Updated: Jan 31, 2021 11:58 IST
He will succeed Air Marshal NS Dhillon, who will be superannuating today s event.
Recently, the names of soldiers who lost their lives in the Galwan valley clash on June 15 last year have been engraved on the National War Memorial in New Delhi. 20 soldiers including Colonel Santosh Babu had lost their lives in a clash with Chinese troops in the Eastern Ladakh sector.
Air Marshal Rajesh Kumar, AVSM VM ADC is from Mayo College, Ajmer, and an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla. He was commissioned in the Flying Branch of the Indian Air Force as a Fighter Pilot in June 1982.