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Themed &#8220;<strong>2025: The Year of Reforms<\/strong>,&#8221; the conclave, held at the Manekshaw Centre, focused on speed, synergy, and self-reliance in national defence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Kalam &amp; Kavach Panel discussion: Indian industry and defence start-ups hailed as co-creators of capability and self-reliance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<strong>Key Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Strategic Insight<\/strong>: Lt Gen Vipul Shinghal, delivering the keynote on behalf of the CDS, cited a &#8220;<strong>renaissance in strategic thought<\/strong>,&#8221; revealing 8-9 new doctrines in progress.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Airpower &amp; Future Warfare<\/strong>: In a fireside chat with Shivam Arya, curator Kalam &amp; Kavach, former IAF chief ACM V.R. Chaudhari emphasized jointness, AI-driven warfare, and theatre commands as future priorities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Security Outlook<\/strong>: Lt Gen Raj Shukla (Retd) and author Sandeep Unnithan discussed drones, grey zone threats, and the need for rapid, tech-led reform.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Technology as a Force Multiplier<\/strong>: Experts stressed AI, quantum, cyber, and space as the defining arenas of modern warfare.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Industry&#8217;s Role<\/strong>: From &#8220;<strong>vendor to vanguard,&#8221;<\/strong> Indian industry and defence startups were hailed as co-creators of capability and self-reliance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Books Released<\/strong><br \/>\nCyber Diplomacy, Artificial Intelligence in Military Applications, and India&#8217;s Arsenal captured the spirit of innovation driving the sector.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Closing Note<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Maj Gen (Dr) Ashok Kumar<\/strong> called for action-oriented follow-up, while curator Shivam Arya urged, &#8220;<em>The conversations we had today must now become contributions<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nKalam &amp; Kavach 2.0 reaffirmed that defence transformation begins with dialogue-and must end in decisive, indigenised action.<\/p>\n<p>Featured Article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kalam &amp; Kavach 2.0, hosted by Pentagon Press in collaboration with CENJOWS, brought together India&#8217;s top defence minds-from military leadership and think tanks to private industry-to shape the next wave of military reform. 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