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India's first defence university to come up near Delhi
New Delhi, May 13 (PTI) Drawing lessons from the 1999
Kargil conflict, the Government of India on Thursday decided
to set up the first defence university in the country to
enable holistic study of defence and strategic security
challenges.
A meeting of the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh, accorded "in principle" approval to
set up the Indian National Defence University (INDU) near
Delhi, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni told
reporters here.
To be established at an estimated cost of Rs 300 crore,
the university would come up on a 200 acre land at Binola in
Gurgaon, Haryana. A sum of Rs 100 crore has been earmarked for
acquisition of the land.
The existing defence educational institutions like the
National Defence College in New Delhi, College of Defence
Management at Secunderabad, National Staff College at
Wellington and National Defence Academy in Pune, would be
affiliated to INDU. At present, these institutions are
attached to various universities.
"INDU will undertake long-term defence and strategic
studies and create synergy between the academic community and
government functionaries," Soni said.
The proposed university, which would be fully autonomous
and constituted under an Act of Parliament, would promote
policy-oriented research on all aspects of national security
as part of the strategic national policy-making, she said.
"It will encourage awareness of national security issues
by reaching out to scholars and an audience beyond the
official machinery," Soni said.
INDU would educate national security leaders on all
aspects of national strategies in the fields of security,
military, information and technology, through teaching and
research, she added.
After the Kargil conflict, the government had set up a
Review Committee, headed by eminent strategic expert K
Subrahmanyam, which had recommended establishment of such a
university to exclusively deal with defence and strategic
matters.
The Committee had also recommended finding of ways and
means to integrate the academic community, armed forces,
paramilitary forces, intelligence agencies and the bureaucracy
in strategic security policy making and related issues. PTI MS
RBT
Kargil conflict, the Government of India on Thursday decided
to set up the first defence university in the country to
enable holistic study of defence and strategic security
challenges.
A meeting of the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh, accorded "in principle" approval to
set up the Indian National Defence University (INDU) near
Delhi, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni told
reporters here.
To be established at an estimated cost of Rs 300 crore,
the university would come up on a 200 acre land at Binola in
Gurgaon, Haryana. A sum of Rs 100 crore has been earmarked for
acquisition of the land.
The existing defence educational institutions like the
National Defence College in New Delhi, College of Defence
Management at Secunderabad, National Staff College at
Wellington and National Defence Academy in Pune, would be
affiliated to INDU. At present, these institutions are
attached to various universities.
"INDU will undertake long-term defence and strategic
studies and create synergy between the academic community and
government functionaries," Soni said.
The proposed university, which would be fully autonomous
and constituted under an Act of Parliament, would promote
policy-oriented research on all aspects of national security
as part of the strategic national policy-making, she said.
"It will encourage awareness of national security issues
by reaching out to scholars and an audience beyond the
official machinery," Soni said.
INDU would educate national security leaders on all
aspects of national strategies in the fields of security,
military, information and technology, through teaching and
research, she added.
After the Kargil conflict, the government had set up a
Review Committee, headed by eminent strategic expert K
Subrahmanyam, which had recommended establishment of such a
university to exclusively deal with defence and strategic
matters.
The Committee had also recommended finding of ways and
means to integrate the academic community, armed forces,
paramilitary forces, intelligence agencies and the bureaucracy
in strategic security policy making and related issues. PTI MS
RBT
