Defence Studies in Universities and Educational Institutions in Our Country.

Published on December 10, 2011 by News Desk · No Comments

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The Government of India constituted a Committee of Experts under Chairmanship of Air Commodore (Retd.) Jasjit Singh, former Director, Institute of Defence Studies & Analysis (IDSA), Shri Sanjaya Baru, Editor-in-Chief, Business Standard, Professor Satish Kumar, Editor, National Security Annual Review, Professor Gopalji Malviya, Head of Department of Defence and Strategic Studies, Madras University, Chennai, Professor N.M. Verma, Head of Department of Defence and Strategic Studies, Allahabad University and Professor Ved Prakash, Vice Chairman, University Grants Commission were the other members.

While the Committee of Experts has recommended setting up five centers of National Security Studies, the merits and de-merits of this recommendation including the financial implication need closer scrutiny.

This information was given by Dr. D. Purandeswari, Minister of State for Human Resource.