Ready, Relevant
and Resurgent: A Blueprint for the Transformation of India's Military
Author: Gen Anil
Chauhan
Release: May 2025
Ready, Relevant and Resurgent: A
Blueprint for the Transformation of India's Military presents a clear vision for
reshaping India's armed forces in an age defined by polycrisis, contested
domains, and disruptive technologies. Written from the vantage point of the
Chief of Defence Staff, the book frames transformation not as incremental reform
but as a decisive shift in mindset, structure, and capability.
The central argument is direct:
India must build a future-ready force by breaking service silos, accelerating
jointness, and aligning military power with national objectives. The work
connects civil-military fusion, defence industrial depth, and institutional
accountability with battlefield effectiveness. Hardware matters, but strategic
thinking matters more. It examines the changing character of warfare, where
physical and digital battlespaces overlap, and where data, AI, cyber, and space
assets shape outcomes. The roadmap covers theatre commands, technology
absorption, indigenisation, and cognitive advantage as operational necessities,
not policy slogans.
Direct, practical, and
execution-focused, the book offers implementable pathways rather than abstract
doctrine. For professionals and serious observers, it reads as both guide and
challenge. This is more than analysis, it is an operational blueprint and an
official strategic signal, essential reading for anyone tracking India's
evolving military power.
Seema Sanghosh English: February 2026
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment