Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday laid the foundation stone of the Indian National Defence University (INDU) at Binola, Gurgaon. The university is going to be an autonomous institution of national importance.
The Defence University came up following the recommendation of the review committee constituted after the Kargil conflict by the government. It stated the need to establish a university that deals exclusively with defence and strategic matters. The review committee was headed by eminent strategic expert K Subrahmanyam.
The university will be instituted by the Act of the Parliament and President of Indian Union will be a visitor to it and defence minister will be the Chancellor.
INDU will be governed as per its own norms and will be responsible to promote coordination and interaction between Institutions of Armed Forces or establishments of the country. It will give opportunity of higher studies through distance learning to both military and civilian personnel. It will also give affiliation to defence training institutions to award degrees.
The Institute will be headed by its President (who will be a three star serving General / equivalent officer with C-in-C status on appointment) and the Vice-President will be a civilian. The University is being planned on the lines of IIT/IIMs.
The Defence University came up following the recommendation of the review committee constituted after the Kargil conflict by the government. It stated the need to establish a university that deals exclusively with defence and strategic matters. The review committee was headed by eminent strategic expert K Subrahmanyam.
The university will be instituted by the Act of the Parliament and President of Indian Union will be a visitor to it and defence minister will be the Chancellor.
INDU will be governed as per its own norms and will be responsible to promote coordination and interaction between Institutions of Armed Forces or establishments of the country. It will give opportunity of higher studies through distance learning to both military and civilian personnel. It will also give affiliation to defence training institutions to award degrees.
The Institute will be headed by its President (who will be a three star serving General / equivalent officer with C-in-C status on appointment) and the Vice-President will be a civilian. The University is being planned on the lines of IIT/IIMs.