Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retd) Articles 55
Lt Gen P R Shankar is a retired Director General of Artillery. He is an alumnus of National Defence Academy Khadakvasala, Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, Army War College, Mhow, Naval Post Graduate School, Monterrey and National Defence College, New Delhi. He has held many important command, staff and instructional appointments in the Army. He has vast operational experience having served in all kinds of terrain and operational situations which has confronted the Indian Army in the past four decades. He gave great impetus to the modernization of Artillery through indigenization. He has deep knowledge, understanding and experience in successful defense planning and acquisition, spanning over a decade. Major 155mm Gun projects like the Dhanush, M777 ULH and K9 Vajra, Rocket and Missile projects related to Pinaka, Brahmos and Grad BM21, surveillance projects like Swati WLR and few ammunition projects came to fructification due to his relentless efforts. The General Officer is now a Professor in the Aerospace Department of Indian Institute of Technology, Madras., Chennai. He is actively involved in applied research.
He can be reached at: pravishankar3@gmail.com
Pakistan Nervous, Deep State on High Alert
Pakistan is in a High Strung State and its Deep State is on high alert. The Pakistani Prime Minister feels that Indian mischief is possible before the elections. Even the heat and dust of t... Read more
China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) – Failure Looming Ahead
Editor’s Note Is the CPEC faltering? What is the extent to which it has been pruned down already? Why are more and more countries getting apprehensive about Chinese funding? Has it got anyth... Read more
Disruption in Military Affairs (DMA): A Technology Centric Approach
Editor’s Note The armed forces of all nations are having to re-think their doctrines with technologies disrupting the ways and means of conducting conventional and non-conventional operation... Read more
Hunting for Nasr?
Editor’s Note The issue of Pakistan using tactical nuclear weapons in the event of a military confrontation with India has been discussed often. They could use it on our spearheads as they g... Read more
China an Overstretched Hegemon
Editor’s Note The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has a greater strategic thrust as compared to being an economic bonanza for the participating countries. A host of countries have already sta... Read more
Rafale: The Deal and the Din: A way forward
Editor’s Note The Rafale deal has been dragged to the streets. It’s not the first time that a defence deal has been questioned so volubly by our political parties, however, the facts and bar... Read more
Time to Downsize And More
Editor’s Note The debate for downsizing has been on for a long time. It’s the trend globally. The Shekatakar Committee has made some recommendations and these are already under execution, ex... Read more
Chinese Threat: A Reality Check
Editor’s Note Force structuring is an outflow of the national interests of the nation combined with the military threats it faces. In the Indian context, we face threats from Pakistan... Read more
Are We Ready Across the Himalayas?
Editor’s Note Could we encounter a situation when China and India get into a full-fledged war once again. Unlikely, argues the General in his rather detailed analysis of the two countries’ c... Read more
Defence Exports: An Opportunity; With Pre-Requisites
Editor’s Note The recently released Draft Defence Production Policy 2018 aims to export defence goods and services worth 5 Bn USD approximately by 2025. After this one heard that the Raksha... Read more