Pragyan Conclave 2022 focused on Contours of Future Wars begins

New Delhi: The Chief of the Army Staff General MM Naravane today gave the inaugural address at Pragyan Conclave 2022, an international webinar organised by the Indian Army and the Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) in New Delhi. The inaugural session of the two-day international webinar was also attended by the Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari and the Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar among other dignitaries.

'Contours of Future Wars and Counter-measures' is the theme of the ongoing second edition of Pragyan Conclave that brings together cross-domain national and international experts from countries like the US, Israel, Australia, Singapore and others to deliberate on a range of issues including Expanding Domains of Warfare, Evolving Global Environment and Future Wars, Emerging Disruptive Technologies, Integration in a multi-domain landscape and Leadership & Escalatory Mechanism.

Pragyan Conclave is a biennial forum, organised by the Indian Army and the CLAWS to discuss and deliberate on a particular theme related to defence, security and strategy by experts from across the globe. The first edition of the Conclave was organised in 2020 on the complex issue of Changing Characteristics of Land Warfare and its impact on the Military.

The organiser of the event Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) is a Delhi based autonomous think tank on strategic studies and land warfare in the Indian context, aiming to develop and promote strategic culture and futuristic thinking on security issues across the continuum of conflict affecting Land Warfare.

CLAWS organises seminars and conferences, round-table discussions, workshops and guest lectures and undertakes research projects on national security-related issues, especially those pertaining to land warfare.

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