Overview

• The two-day forum was held on September 19–20 at Sri Vijaya Puram, hosted by the Andaman and Nicobar Command.
• Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan, CINCAN Lt Gen Dinesh Singh Rana and Lieutenant Governor Admiral D K Joshi delivered high-profile addresses.
• Sessions focused on multi-domain warfare, grey-zone tactics, cognitive and cyber warfare, and strategic signalling.
• The Ministry of Defence framed ANC’s expanding role in professional military education, operational experimentation and joint-service cooperation across the IOR.
• Participants included Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd), Lt Gen Ajai Singh (Retd), Rear Admiral Monty Khanna (Retd), Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai and Vice Admiral Anil Chawla (Retd).