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Why I want to…

Now this is an interesting question. I always had an inclination to teach since my school and college days. In fact I was doing bachelor of education course before…

The Magic You Are…

The other day I came across this lovely and very thought provoking statement somewhere on the social media, attributed to an anonymous person. It actually felt as if I…

VISIONARY LEADERSHIP

The most prominent Indian examples of Visionary Leadership to my mind are two. One concerns the 1971 War. It is well documented that the Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi…

UNSELFISHNESS

The Army is very hierarchical organisation wherein the chain of command is the main link for executing the Army orders, policies and SOPs...

TACT

Tact serves as the social lubricant, allowing smooth navigation through tricky situations. It involves delivering messages with diplomacy and sensitivity, ensuring ...

STRATEGIC FORESIGHT

These is a very though not very well known story about the Indo – Pak War of 1971. The West Pakistan Army has some a lot of atrocities bordering…

LOYALTY

Loyalty is a word often thrown around in conversations about leadership, but what does it truly mean? It's not about blind obedience to superiors or unwavering support for the…

KNOWLEDGE

When I rejoined my unit after completing the Young Officers Course, I fell into Unit routine in a peace station effortlessly. PT in the morning, followed by training/offic...

JUSTICE

Land mines are very dangerous things and do not distinguish between friend and foe. You trip them or step on them, they don't spare you. So in case of…

JUDGEMENT

This is a quality which is the most important aspect of leadership and comes with an agile mind, sincerity of purpose and thorough knowledge of your ...

INTEGRITY

Armed forces thrive upon integrity of its leaders and men down the line. This is mainly because it is about valour, honour and safety of your motherland — all…

INITIATIVE

On this topic of initiative a very elaborate exercise I had to undertake bring up the leadership quotient of my team comes to my mind’s forefront. This occurred in…

ENDURANCE

I can never forget the long nearly 100 km march our whole brigade undertook in 1991 from an area in West Bengal to South Sikkim. We were picked up…

EMPOWERMENT

When I shifted from Para Commando to regular infantry I was young with less than three years of service. Yet immediately I was put in charge of a Rifle…

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

After about five years of commissioned services I was selected by Military Secretary’s Branch at Army HQ for being part of the leadership team of a New Raising battalion.…

DEPENDABILITY

After about five years of commissioned services I was selected by Military Secretary’s Branch at Army HQ for being part of the leadership team of a New Raising battalion.…

Boardroom battles, surviving market crashes and operating in any military operation requires alertness of a highest order, mental flexibility and decisiveness to seize the best opportunity in a fluid…

COURAGE

During our 18 months training in Indian Military Academy the main contribution to the excellent bearing we, erstwhile from civive streets, acquired was mainly from the Drill Square. The…