New Delhi: The 12-lakh strong Army is currently travelling through time to recapture "India's age-old wisdom in statecraft, strategy, diplomacy and warfare" in order to get ready for future fights.
An Army official announced on Friday that the military has now started "Project Udbhav," a "groundbreaking initiative to rediscover the profound Indic heritage of statecraft and strategic thoughts derived from ancient Indian texts."
The United Service Institution of India (USI) and the Army Training Command (ARTRAC) jointly organised the project's first hybrid seminar, which took place on Friday and was titled "Evolution of Indian Military Systems, War-fighting and Strategic Thought - Current Research in the Field and Way Forward."
Some veterans jumped right into the fight. "In 'this is not an era of war,' one has to honestly wonder where such profound and old Indian strategic ideas fit in within the larger context of contemporary and upcoming combat. Major General Birender Dhanoa (retired) stated on 'X', "ARTRAC ought not to lose sight of the possible means of waging modern war in archaic rumination.
The Army, on the other hand, expressed optimism on Project Udbhav, which it claimed aimed to bridge the historical and the modern by attempting to examine India's rich historical tales in the fields of statecraft and strategic ideas. In addition, as previously reported by TOI, the administration has ordered the military services to remove "vestiges of the colonial era".
According to a statement from the Army, "the project focuses on a broad spectrum, including Indigenous military systems, historical texts, regional texts and kingdoms, thematic studies, and complex Kautilya studies."
According to the statement, the aim is to comprehend the "profound depths of indigenous military systems, their evolution, strategies that have been handed down through the ages, and the strategic thought processes that have governed the land for millennia."
The project aims to create an indigenous strategic vocabulary that is strongly anchored in India's rich philosophical and cultural heritage in addition to rediscovering these narratives. The Army stated that the ultimate goal was to combine traditional wisdom with contemporary military pedagogy.
A effort to gather Indian strategies based on ancient writings has also been ongoing since 2021 under the direction of the Indian Army. There is already a book available that has 75 aphorisms drawn from historical writings.
The debate on Friday covered a wide range of topics, with a particular emphasis on the Kautilya, Kamandaka, and The Kural, and was attended by academics, active-duty officers, and veterans.
Lt-General Raju Baijal, director-general of strategic planning for the Army, gave the keynote presentation at the session, which was presided over by principal adviser in the defence ministry Lt-General Vinod G Khandare (retired).
Project Udbhav has a number of events scheduled, including the Indian Military Heritage Festival on October 21–22. "By reintroducing these classical teachings into the contemporary military and strategic domains, the Army aims to nurture officers in applying ancient wisdom in modern scenarios and also allow for a more profound understanding of international relations and foreign cultures," the statement said.
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