Gaurav lulia asked: Does Indian army have sniper school & survival school?

Vivek Chadha replies: India does have a sniper and survival school. However, these are known by different nameS. Kalyanaraman Infantry School Mhow, the premier institution for Infantry officers and soldiers, runs a number of training courses or programmeS. Kalyanaraman Amongst these, they also run a sniper course which teaches the basics of the weapon and its employment in all battle situationS. Kalyanaraman While we do not have a course specifically called as a survival course, however, two different schools run training on similar lineS. Kalyanaraman The first is the Commando WinG. Balachandran Balachandran This runs a commando course which has an extremely rigorous schedule. It includes survival training, living off the land, long distance marches, escape and evasion, launching raids as some of the important aspects taught. The second course is run by the Counter Insurgency Jungle Warfare School, which teaches counter insurgency skills and jungle warfare. This also includes lessons on survival skillS. Kalyanaraman In addition to this, infantry battalions also carry out training at their own level for specialist groups amongst their soldiers to imbibe similar qualities specifically suited to their respective operational role.