First Two-Day Joint Commanders Conference Held in Lucknow

The first Joint Commanders’ Conference (JCC) took place at the Headquarters Central Command, Lucknow on September 4-5. Themed ‘Sashakt aur Surakshit Bharat: Transforming the Armed Forces’, the conference was attended by defence minister Rajnath Singh. The JCC is envisaged to serve as the pivotal platform for undertaking internal ‘process reforms’ within the armed forces.

Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan inaugurated the convocation on September 4, which brought together the apex level hierarchy from the ministry of defence and the armed forces. The two-day deliberations focussed on analysing the impact of regional and global geopolitical disruptions and the commensurate demands that are likely to be placed upon the reforms being undertaken by the armed forces. Preparing for future wars, jointness & integration among the constituent services and technology absorption were areas that received most attention.