The India-China Territorial Dispute : Is it at the Dead End now?

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Defence Service Staff College, Wellington recently organised a seminar on China. This is an annual affair.

Prof Mohan Guruswami delivered a talk on “The India-China Territorial Dispute : Is it at the Dead End now?” at the seminar. He has very kindly shared his power point presentation. You can read the presentation, the link is given above.

Indian Armed Forces are still in stone age as far as knowledge management is concerned. They steadfastly refuse to share knowledge with the rigidity that cannot be explained. The contents of the seminar would be far more useful to others  in higher ranks and appointments when there was a galaxy of speakers, experts on the subject, were assembled. If you visit the website of DSSC you will find only photographs. Same is with Army Training Command. Every year all Cat ‘A’ Ests conduct one high profile seminar on topical subjects. How does one access those knowledge or pearls of wisdom. They don’t even put those in Army Intranet. It is another matter how does anybody, even if it is put in Army Intranet, access these knowledge as after 1400 hours offices close. It is not available in residences and there are plethora of cyber security restrictions.
All  steadfastly refuse to put their professional journals in the net. These are available in open domain in print form.

Large number of dissertations are submitted every year by students undergoing courses of instructions. Very few can be classified as security restriction. What can be done? I have put close to 450 dissertations by armed forces officers in my Knowledge on Line website : http://indianstrategicknowledgeonline.com/. If you visit the Dissertation page there at : http://indianstrategicknowledgeonline.com/index.php?t=Dissertations you will find dissertations of Chiefs, Army Commanders and equivalents who had done courses abroad are kept there as first 30 dissertations. 
All think tanks and most of the training ests of armed forces today post the videos/ podcasts, PPTs of the presentations in their web site. This is easily done. Technology has all the answers except changing fossilized mindset.

Use of soft power by armed forces? LOL.

When you deal with knowledge in open domain why this attitude of frog in the well. How long we will hide behind a façade of security. Most of speakers don’t submit a written paper or even a speaking note.

Armed forces officers are particularly sensitive about their presentations. They refused to share anything. They are not able to come out of their Sainik School/ NDA syndrome: others will make use of their presentation!

At this Age ? Come on.

Will People learn ?  

Meanwhile thank you Prof Guruswami for sharing the presentation. He has done it earlier also.