Lt Gen Anil Ahuja, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR (Retd.) - Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Lt Gen Anil Ahuja, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & Bar, superannuated in August 2016, is a former Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Policy Planning and Force Development). He has commanded a Corps and a Division, along the Northern Borders with China and has been Additional Director General Military Operations. He was also the Secretary Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) and Co-Chair of India -US DTTI, Inter-Agency Task Force (DIATF)

Contributions

Four Days – Two Victories- Unresolved Conflict: Preparing for the Next!

May 30, 2025 Lt Gen Anil Ahuja, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR (Retd.) - Distinguished Fellow, VIF

India conducted `Operation Sindoor’ from 07 to 10 May 2025, against Pakistan, as retribution for a terrorist attack on tourists in Pahalgam (Kashmir). Pakistan launched its Operation `Bunyan-un-Marsoos' in retaliation. Hostilities ended with the de...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Measured retribution, Sponsored terrorism, Punitive strikes, China- Pak collusivity, Technology enabled capability development

Managing India-US Defence Partnership Across Transition

January 03, 2025 Lt Gen Anil Ahuja, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR (Retd.) - Distinguished Fellow, VIF

A New Leader on the Stage Trump’s second Presidency of the US (2.0) is just a few days away. The change seems potentially disruptive, for which the world is bracing up. Interestingly, Newsweek, on 14 September 2024, published a list of ...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Defence, Article, Donald Trump, COMCASA, DTTI, 2+2 Dialogue, Defence industry, BECA, Defence Exports, Emerging technologies, Military Exercises, Defence Trade, India- US Defence Partners, RDP, SOSA, Foundational Agreements iCET

On Road to Integrated Theatre Commands

September 10, 2024 Lt Gen Anil Ahuja, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR (Retd.) - Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Reports emanating from the Joint Commanders Conference (JCC) held at Lucknow on 04-05 September 2024 suggest that a blueprint for the proposed Integrated Theatre Commands (ITC) has been formulated by the services and presented to the Raksha Mantri (R...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, PLA, Raksha Mantri, Integrated Theatre Commands, Joint Commanders Conference, Joint Logistics Nodes, Theatrisation

India’s Growing Defence Exports - Charting the Future

June 06, 2024 Lt Gen Anil Ahuja, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR (Retd.) - Distinguished Fellow, VIF

For a country that has long had the unenvious distinction of being the largest global arms importer, the narrative of `growing – arms exports’ is in itself a paradigm shift. It is with pride that the Raksha Mantri (Defence Minister) recen...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, boosting defence exports, India arms exports, Growth of arms exports, Arms exports

Changes in India’s Defence Technology Development Policies Over the Decade

May 29, 2024 Lt Gen Anil Ahuja, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR (Retd.) - Distinguished Fellow, VIF

“A renaissance is imperative for us to once again become a knowledge superpower rather than simply providing cheap labour in areas of high technology.” Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Introduction Over the last decade,...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, DRDO, Defence technology, DTTI, iDEX, iCET, DISC, Innovators, INDUS-X, Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy, Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy, Critical and Emerging Technologies, DIO, Incubators, IMPACT, Investors, Technology Development Fund (TDF)