India’s Quest for Strategic Autonomy: Opportunities and Challenges in the Emerging World Order

Good morning! General (Gen) Anil Chauhan, (Lt) Gen Bansi Ponnappa, (Lt) Gen Suchindra Kumar, (Lt) Gen Ata Hasnain, ladies and gentlemen, it is a great privilege for me to be invited this morning to be a part of the 5th General K.V. Krishna Rao Memorial Lecture. It is truly a great honour for me. I did have a chance to meet the legendary General in 1982, at a social event organised by Gen S.K. Sinha. It was the only time I met Gen Krishna Rao in flesh and blood, but I have heard a great deal about him and his outstanding attributes.