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Leadership

Under

Pressure.

Strategy

in a

Complex

World.

Perspectives on leadership, conflict, and national security by Lt Gen D S Hooda (Retd), informed by decades of command experience.

SERVICE THEATRES

Four decades in uniform. Command experience across conflict, crises, and high-intensity operational theatres shaping India’s most demanding frontiers.

DECORATION & ROLES

Recipient of India’s highest military decorations, with senior command, instructional, and staff appointments across major Army formations and headquarters.

Perspectives

Themes that shape his analysis of military leadership, conflict, and institutional change.

Leadership Under Pressure

Command judgement and responsibility shaped by crises, high-stakes operations, and decisions made with incomplete information.

Military Institutions & Reform

Insights from senior command and staff appointments on doctrine, force structure, professional norms, and long-term institutional change.

Crisis, Conflict, and Escalation

Analysis of limited war, deterrence stability, and escalation control in a nuclearised and politically constrained regional environment.

Civil–Military Relations

Reflections on professional autonomy, political oversight, and democratic accountability drawn from service at the highest levels of command.

Technology and Future Warfare

Assessing how emerging technologies reshape military organisations, and the conduct of future conflict.

Authored Thought

Print • Digital

Articles

Authored Thought

Print • Digital

Articles

Authored Thought

Print • Digital

Articles

Intellectual Exchange

Interviews • Panels

Conversations

Intellectual Exchange

Interviews • Panels

Project Name

Institutional Output

Reports • Policy Papers

Publications

Institutional Output

Reports • Policy Papers

Publications

Invited Forums

Briefings • Closed Sessions

Engagements

Invited Forums

Briefings • Closed Sessions

Project Name

ThebiggestheroswerethosewhoslippedacrosstheLineofControlandputtheirlivesontheline.Theycarriedontheirshouldersnotonlyourhopesofsuccessbutalsotheheavierburdenoffailure.

Lt Gen D. S. Hooda (Retd.)

On the September 2016 cross-LoC Surgical Strikes

Open to Dialogue

For speaking engagements, policy discussions, and formal correspondence.

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Open to Dialogue

For speaking engagements, policy discussions, and formal correspondence.

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Open to Dialogue

For speaking engagements, policy discussions, and formal correspondence.

WRITE

PROFESSIONAL INQUIRIES ONLY