0930 – 1000 hrs       :           

Registration

1000 – 1005 hrs       :           

Welcome Address  Ambassador Sujan R. Chinoy, Director General, IDSA

1005 – 1010 hrs       :           

Release of Special Issue JDS* and Book authored by  Col Vivek Chadha (Retd)  titled “Kargil: Past Perfect, Future Uncertain?”

By Gen V.P. Malik (Retd), former Chief of Army Staff and Ambassador Satish Chandra, former Deputy NSA and Ambassador Sujan R. Chinoy, Director General IDSA

1010 – 1030 hrs       :

Special Address by Gen V.P. Malik, PVSM, AVSM (Retd), Former Chief of Army Staff

1030 – 1050 hrs       :

Special Address by Ambassador Satish Chandra, former Deputy NSA

1050 – 1110 hrs       :           

Interactive Session

1110 – 1130 hrs       :

Tea Break

1130 – 1300 hrs       :

Session I: Kargil Conflict: Lessons for Future

Chair: Gen V.P. Malik (Retd), Former Chief of Army Staff

Shri Shakti Sinha, Director Nehru Memorial Museum and Library. “Political Decision-Making Considerations: A Perspective”

Air Marshal R. Nambiar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM and Bar, ADC, AOC-in-C, Western Air Command “Air Force Strategy During Kargil Conflict and Contemporary Challenges

Vishnu Som, Defence Editor, NDTV. “Role of Information: Kargil and Beyond”

1300 – 1400 hrs       :

Lunch

Venue: Dining Hall/Banquet Hall

1400 – 1530              :

Session II: Kargil to Present

Chair: Amb Sujan R. Chinoy, Director General, IDSA

Amb TCA Rangachari, Distinguished Fellow, VIF and former Ambassador “Pakistan as a Diplomatic Challenge”

Lt Gen Prakash Menon, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd)  “Limited Conflicts Under Nuclear Overhang”

Lt Gen Satish Dua, PVSM, UYSM, SM, VSM (Retd) former CIDS, “Evolution of Joint Structures”

1535 – 1700              :

Session III: Leadership Challenges in Combat

Chair: Maj Gen Alok Deb, SM, VSM (Retd), DDG, IDSA

Air Marshal V.K. Bhatia, PVSM, AVSM, VrC and Bar (Retd) “Leadership Challenges of Air Combat”

Brig Devinder Singh, VSM (Retd), “Challenges of Leadership Against an Entrenched Enemy”

Rear Admiral S.Y. Shrikhande, AVSM (Retd) “Educating Future Military Leaders”

1700 – 1705 hrs       :

Vote of Thanks by Col Vivek Chadha (Retd.)

1705 onwards           :           

Tea