Two-day tri-service seminar to be held in Bengaluru

The Tri-Service seminar ‘Ran Samwad’ is scheduled to be held on April 9 and 10 in Bengaluru.

The Ministry of Defence on Monday said that this edition of the Ran Samwad marks the beginning of a continued and structured dialogue on the emerging paradigms of warfare.

The theme of the event is ‘Multi-Domain Operations: An Imperative for Addressing Conventional and Irregular Threats’.

During the two-day seminar, deliberations will dwell upon building a roadmap for preparing India’s Defence Forces for multi-domain conflict, encompassing land, air, sea, cyber, space, and cognitive domains.

The Ministry said that various sessions will explore key aspects such as the evolution of Multi-Domain Operations, global trends shaping modern battlefields, the Whole-of-Nation approach leveraging national resources, doctrinal adaptation and training, and the re-imagining of operational art for effective command and control in a complex environment.

It added that the seminar will provide a comprehensive understanding of civil-military fusion in the context of Multi-Domain Operations.

The seminar will serve as a guiding reference for the Indian Defence Forces in developing strategies to enhance operational preparedness and effectively address both conventional and irregular threats in a multi-domain environment.

“Technological advancements are leading to a significant change in the character and nature of war, bringing a parallel impact on the practitioners of warfare in terms of operational planning, tactics, and strategies,” it said.

In order to deliberate upon this evolving paradigm, the ‘Ran Samwad – Conversations on War, Warfare, and Warfighting’ was conceptualised by the Chief of Defence Staff, General Anil Chauhan, as a first-of-its-kind Tri-Service initiative.

The inaugural edition of Ran Samwad was held at the Army War College, Mhow.