Ajey Lele

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Group Captain Ajey Lele (Retd.) was a Senior Fellow at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses and headed its Centre on Strategic Technologies. He started his professional career as an officer in the Indian Air Force in 1987 and took early retirement from the service to pursue his academic interests. He has a Masters degree in Physics from Pune University, and Masters and MPhil degrees in Defence and Strategic Studies from Madras University. He has done his doctorate from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. His specific areas of research include issues related to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), Space Security and Strategic Technologies. He has contributed articles to various national and international journals, websites and newspapers. He has authored ten books and has also been an editor for seven books. He is a recipient of K. Subrahmanyam Award (2013) which is conferred for outstanding contribution in the area of strategic and security studies.
Gp Capt Ajey Lele is on the Editorial Committee of the Journal of Defence Studies.

Consultant
Email: alele[dot]idsa[at]nic[dot]in
Phone: +91 11 2671 7983

Publication

Kyiv’s hard-kill of Russian Hypersonic Missile

Consultant, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s article ‘Kyiv’s hard-kill of Russian Hypersonic Missile’ has been published in Financial Express on 09 May 2023.

From a threat perspective, along with Russia, the US is also concerned about the progress made by China’s hypersonic weapon program, says Gp Captl Lele.

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  • Published: 9 May, 2023

Why Geoffrey Hinton, the father of Artificial Intelligence (AI) quit Google?

Consultant Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s article ‘Why Geoffrey Hinton, the father of Artificial Intelligence (AI) quit Google? has been published in Taaza Khabar News on 03 May 2023.

This father of AI, who has done pioneering work in the field of artificial neural networks now feels that there is a danger to humanity from this technology, says Gp Capt Lele.

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  • Published: 3 May, 2023

G-20 and Space Economics

Consultant Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s article ‘G-20 and Space Economics’ has been published in Financial Express on 19 April 2023.

India is expected to make all attempts to lobby for making Space as a formal element of G-20 discussions, for future, says Gp Cpt Lele.

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  • Published: 19 April, 2023

Leapfrogging into the Future

Consultant Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s article ‘Leapfrogging into the Future’ has been published in Raksha Anirveda on 17 April 2023.

ISRO needs to quickly demonstrate to the global customers that the SSLV is fully capable of carrying a payload of 500 kg and putting it safely at an altitude of 500km. The organisation is also required to ensure the operaltionalisation of the proposed second spaceport at Kulasekharapatnam in Tamil Nadu, besides launching heavy satellites into geostationary orbits. This would also help them to establish capability to carry more than 10,000 kgs to LEO, says Gp Capt Lele.

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  • Published: 17 April, 2023

Indian ASAT: Mission Shakti should be a comma, not a full stop

Consultant, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s article ‘Indian ASAT: Mission Shakti should be a comma, not a full stop’ has been published in ‘The Space Review’ on 27 March 2023.

It could be said that India’s political objectives, both signaling to adversaries and increasing its relevance on the global stage in the space domain, were achieved with Mission Shakti, says Gp Capt Lele.

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  • Published: 27 March, 2023

ISRO Successfully Deorbits Satellite And Walks the Talk on Space Debris

Consultant, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s article ‘ISRO Successfully Deorbits Satellite And Walks the Talk on Space Debris’ has been published in Interstellar on 25 March 2023.

The time has come for India to take the lead in undertaking policy initiatives in the space domain towards establishing a global rule-based mechanism. The deorbiting of Megha-Tropiques 1 is a laudable step in that direction, says Gp Capt Lele.

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  • Published: 25 March, 2023

Ukraine theatre, is Russia’s hypersonic ploy working?

Consultant, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s article ‘Ukraine theatre, is Russia’s hypersonic ploy working?’ has been published in Financial Express on 10 March 2023.

If the purpose is to give a signal to the west, then it has already been achieved a year back. Though Russia needs to realise that now-a-days such singling hardly matters to the west, North Korea is a great example. With the use of such weapons, can Russia start a new arms race? The answer is: it has already started, says Gp Capt Lele.

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  • Published: 10 March, 2023

Military Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Consultant, MP-IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s article ‘Military Applications of Artificial Intelligence’ has been published in the March 2023 edition of Defence & Security Alert.

AI-based weapon systems have great advantages. AI has already brought a major disruption into the existing military technology domain. There is a possibility of the AI emerging as a ‘new nuclear power’ revamping the existing global order, says Gp Capt Lele.

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  • Published: 7 March, 2023

China’s Space Dream is getting Bigger

Consultant, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s article ‘China’s Space Dream is getting Bigger’ has been published in Udai India on 10 February 2023.

China’s space programme has leapfrogged. They have multipronged space agenda from social, economic, scientific to strategic sectors. It is important for states like India to continuously keep a track of China’s fore into the space domain and design its own space policies accordingly, says Gp Capt Lele.

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  • Published: 10 February, 2023