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

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

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

Military Institutions & Reform

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

Crisis, Conflict, and Escalation

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

Civil–Military Relations

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

Technology and Future Warfare

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

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ThebiggestheroswerethosewhoslippedacrosstheLineofControlandputtheirlivesontheline.Theycarriedontheirshouldersnotonlyourhopesofsuccessbutalsotheheavierburdenoffailure.

ThebiggestheroswerethosewhoslippedacrosstheLineofControlandputtheirlivesontheline.Theycarriedontheirshouldersnotonlyourhopesofsuccessbutalsotheheavierburdenoffailure.

Lt Gen D. S. Hooda (Retd.)

On the September 2016 cross-LoC Surgical Strikes

On the September 2016 cross-LoC Surgical Strikes

Open to Dialogue

For speaking engagements, policy discussions, and formal correspondence.

PROFESSIONAL INQUIRIES ONLY

Open to Dialogue

For speaking engagements, policy discussions, and formal correspondence.

PROFESSIONAL INQUIRIES ONLY

Open to Dialogue

For speaking engagements, policy discussions, and formal correspondence.

PROFESSIONAL INQUIRIES ONLY

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