Project Udbhav

• The Indian Army has started an initiative, named Project Udbhav.
• It aims to rediscover the “profound Indic heritage of statecraft and strategic thoughts” derived from ancient Indian texts of “statecraft, warcraft, diplomacy and grand strategy”
• It is in collaboration with the United Service Institution of India, a defence think-tank.
• The USI will conduct a Military Heritage Festival on October 21 and 22, to acquaint “future thought leaders with the dynamics of comprehensive national security with special emphasis on India’s strategic culture, military heritage, education, modernisation of security forces and Atmanirbhar Bharat,”.
• This pioneering initiative stands testimony to the Indian Army’s recognition of India’s age-old wisdom in statecraft, strategy, diplomacy, and warfare.

OTHER NEWS

• The army has also been supporting a project that comprises compiling Indian stratagems based on ancient texts.
• A book called Paramparik Bhartiya Darshan…Ranniti aur Netriyta ke Shashwat Niyam — translated in English as Traditional Indian Philosophy…Eternal Rules of Warfare and Leadership — was published in 2022.