Hyderabad: The 37th Senior Officers’ Study Period (SoSP) which started on August 22 concluded at the College of Air Warfare (CAW) in Secunderabad on Friday.
The SoSP was attended by 25 officers of the rank of Air Commodore and equivalent from the three services.
The strategic level interactive programme was aimed at increasing awareness of global and regional security issues while enhancing integration among the three services, a Defence release said.
In consonance with the objectives of the pro- gramme, many speakers of National and International repute, including retired senior officers of the three services like Air Marshal SS Soman, Lieutenant General SA Hasn ain, Lieutenant General VG Khandare, Air Marshal TD Joseph, Air Marshal D Choudhury, and experts from various field s like Ambassador PS Raghvan, Mr R Chandra Shekhar, Mr Kajari Kama l, Mr Nitin Pai, Mr Anil Anand, Dr Manpreet Sethi, Dr Srihari addressed the participants.
The speakers covered diverse topics including Future Employment of Air Power, Aerospace Power as a critical tool for State Craft, Agniveer concept (Planning, Execution and its effective implementation), Global strategy on Perception Management, Non-Kinetic Warfare, Jointness in Defence Forces, Civil-Military relations, Psychology of International Relations, Strategic Communic ation, India’s Ballistic Missile Development Programme, Nuclear Strategy of India, and Emerging Geo political challenges etc. Air Marshal Saju Balakrishnan, Senior Air Staff Officer, Training Command delivered the closing address at the valedictory function conducted today. The programme served as a useful forum for all participants for scholarly interaction and gaining fresh insight into contemporary issues of geopolitical and military significance.
