NECE Exclusives

 

NETWORKING IN THE INDIAN SCENARIO

- Air Marshal Subhash Bhojwani

In a country as large and diverse as India, the use of Network Enabled Systems by defence, intelligence, internal security, disaster and law enforcement agencies are the need of the hour. Surrounded by a long international boundary, parts of which are not yet fully demarcated, a long coast line with a huge exclusive economic zone that is gaining significance by the day, the diverse internal security problems and regular occurrences of natural disasters therefore call for quick reaction by multiple agencies. Thus, a common data base and shared resources will ensure timely reaction, commonality of purpose, economy of effort and functional synergy.

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THE IMPORTANCE OF NETWORK ENABLED CAPABILITIES FOR 21st CENTURY DEFENCE AND NATIONAL SECURITY

- Air Marshal Subhash Bhojwani

The integration of communications, electronic data management, collection and collation of sensor data and imagery and other decision making tools for the armed forces through seamless networking is recognized as being essential to bring about increased synergies in effectiveness of manpower and material whilst reducing overall costs.

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THE REAL-WORLD APPLICATION OF NETWORK ENABLED CAPABILITIES

- Air Marshal Subhash Bhojwani

Networking has been of immense significance in recent conflicts and hot spots around the world, ranging from small operations to near full scale operations like in Afghanistan and Iraq. In addition, internal security, homeland defence, policing and other law enforcement agencies have benefitted immensely by the synergies offered in the form of network enabled capabilities.

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IDSA RANKED AMONG THE WORLD'S TOP 30 THINK TANKS

According to a survey conducted by the 'Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program' of Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia, USA, IDSA – the main partnering association of NECE 2008 - has been ranked among the world's top 30 think tanks.  'The Think Tanks and Civil Societies Programme' carried out this assessment in the year 2007.  Initially, a universe of 5080 institutions was covered.

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