Articles By Ashish Puntambekar

An Open Letter: India's Next Defence Secretary ... From

An Open Letter: India's Next Defence Secretary ... From "Outside" the IAS

By: Ashish Puntambekar | Date: 04 May , 2016

30th April, 2016 Kind Attn :  Shri. Manohar Parrikar Defence Minister, Government of India Sir, It may be time for the Next Secretary of Defence, Government of India … to come from outside the...

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Restructuring Defence Procurement Procedure

Restructuring Defence Procurement Procedure

By: Ashish Puntambekar | Issue: Vol. 30.3 Jul-Sep 2015 | Date: 19 Dec , 2015

A major show stopper in India’s efforts to become self-reliant in weapons production is the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP). The current DPP (2013) is a 361-page document which serves to...

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Indian Energy Security

Indian Energy Security

By: Ashish Puntambekar | Issue: Vol 23.1 Jan-Mar 2008 | Date: 09 Feb , 2014

Talking about energy security has become a fashion. Every now and then there is a conference on the subject or someone writes a scholarly article. The flavour of the season could be “equity...

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Indian Energy Security-II

Indian Energy Security-II

By: Ashish Puntambekar | Issue: Vol 23.1 Jan-Mar 2008 | Date: 29 Dec , 2010

The Indian Need India is growing fast. Last year, a survey of some 600 companies by the NCAER found that an astonishing 96 percent of them were operating at close to their optimal levels of...

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Indian Energy Security-III

Indian Energy Security-III

By: Ashish Puntambekar | Issue: Vol 23.1 Jan-Mar 2008 | Date: 29 Dec , 2010

The Pipelines SPV The pipelines Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV 2) will be a consortium of Indian energy companies and strategic investors some of whom will be investing primarily for tax purposes....

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The Fall of the Dragon

The Fall of the Dragon

By: Ashish Puntambekar | Issue: Vol 23.1 Jan-Mar 2008 | Date: 06 Dec , 2010

Why should developments in the American housing / subprime market in 2007 and currently continuing into 2008 be of any interest to the defense analyst ? Well … probably it’s because what’s...

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Possible Collapse of Pakistan: Quantifying the Fallout

Possible Collapse of Pakistan: Quantifying the Fallout

By: Ashish Puntambekar | Issue: Vol 23.1 Jan-Mar 2008 | Date: 27 Feb , 2008

The overall situation appears to be quite hopeless, and under these conditions, it is only the army that can keep the country together. A military state of emergency is therefore definitely on...

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