Our lives are filled with everyday questions of fact and factors contributing to our Career success. Success can be attributed to our measure of comfort zone we wish to live in. Therefore success depends on our upbringing, education, acquiring skills , hard work, determination or just our good luck. Well truly it is our overdrive to maintain the steam of life under full pressure. Success in life is integration of many factors, which is generally gauged in one's financial ability or his net worth.
However the fundamental questions of our lives is neither question of fact or career graph or financial strength. The fundamental issues of life are those questions which affect every aspect of our life. What is that gives genuine meaning to human values? What things are really worth striving for? What is that makes life worth living for? Are there values that transcend cultural differences or nationalities? Can we have ethical values that can imbibe a more humane society defraught of hate and violence. Can we accommodate and integrate values which are time honoured, rational and behoving our traditions?
Where does one find strength? Can we take comfort and follow our heroes and leaders? If humans operate in terms of deterministic laws, does one have a real choice or we just move with the general flow? To defend the nation, the Jawans of our Armed Forces embellish and cherish the values of Honour, Patriotism and Supreme Sacrifice. This value system comes automatically and no one instills these values. The soldiers look to the leaders and the Leaders in turn lead men to battle field victories. One shudders to think of results when the Jawans value system gets eroded or ripped. The Jawans welfare is of paramount importance. His career and financial strength will be the measure which will consolidate his inherent value system. Anyone tampering with the time honoured and fine tuned value systems of the Armed Forces will be causing an irreversible damage to the well balanced and cohesive force. Welfare of our Jawans, therefore, must be concern and priority of the Nation at large.
Questions of Value is of course for everyone who has felt the urge to address it in real terms or who wants to fine tune one's ability to perceive how deeper questions of ethics and values apply to the choices that make up one's life.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Indian Army- Do you have it in you?
A well written article by Deepika Bayala. Her analysis of the Indian
Army is very positive. Those who are at the helm of affairs ought to
take requisite steps to right the ills that has befallen our Country's
most precious and valuable disciplined asset.
The Defence forces today truly, need the image of Youthfulness and
Vibrant Leadership. One of the most glaring decadence is the Physically
Unfit Senior Officers who try to lead the Army. We need to have higher
Physical standards for ranks from Brig to Lt Gen. None of them should
be able to influence or cheat the Medical Boards and try to influence
their postings to safeguard their career. Once we get rid of decadent
Senior Officers everything will fall in place and one would find that
corruption in the Armed Forces is a thing of the past!
Deepika Bayala article at http://indiapost.com/article/perspective/1401/
Army is very positive. Those who are at the helm of affairs ought to
take requisite steps to right the ills that has befallen our Country's
most precious and valuable disciplined asset.
The Defence forces today truly, need the image of Youthfulness and
Vibrant Leadership. One of the most glaring decadence is the Physically
Unfit Senior Officers who try to lead the Army. We need to have higher
Physical standards for ranks from Brig to Lt Gen. None of them should
be able to influence or cheat the Medical Boards and try to influence
their postings to safeguard their career. Once we get rid of decadent
Senior Officers everything will fall in place and one would find that
corruption in the Armed Forces is a thing of the past!
Deepika Bayala article at http://indiapost.com/article/perspective/1401/
Annual Confidential Reports
If one were to study in detail "Exploring New Command and Control Concepts and Capabilities, SAS 050 Final Report prepared for NATO, January 2006", we will get some inputs for writing ACR of Officers in the our Army more relevant.
Based on above Command Model here are some suggestions and recommendations: Officers Revised Rank Structure indicating years of service.
1. Captain (Platoon Commander) 0 to 6 years
2. Major (Company Commander) 7 to 12 years
3. Colonel (Battalion Commander) 13 t0 18 years
4. Brigadier (Brigade Commander) 19 to 24 years
5. Major General (Division/ Corps Commander) 25 to 30 years
6. Lt General (Command Theatres) 30 to 35 years
7. COAS 36 to 39 years
Note: No acting ranks. Lt and Lt Col ranks have been removed.
How to Quantify Leadership Qualities related to Annual Confidential Reports (new system with existing ACR Forms)?
Captain to Colonel: 1 and 0 (digital marking) with no pen picture and no recommendation. Overall grading either 1 or 0.
Brigadier to Lt General: 5 to 9 with pen picture and recommendations.
Note: All courses to carry no weightage for reporting in the ACR. Officers who qualify in every course will get monthly monetary incentive/ stipends. ACR not to be shown to officers and no representation of ACR to be accepted or processed.
This new structure will certainly reduce 90% ills of the existing ACR system. The zero error syndrome that has befallen our Army will get diluted and encourage initiative and superlative qualities of our Junior officers. The greatest advantage will be getting rid of the Top Heavy Fat of the Army Higher Command. You have younger Leaders for combat effectiveness. This new system of ACR is guaranteed to reduce corruption to a very large extent.
I know this is far too fetched for anyone to digest, but only suggestions which if implemented will bring back the glory of Indian Army to the world's best in the shortest time frame. A Fighting Force of par excellence. I am certain many of you too have brilliant ideas to enhance the prestige and honour of our Armed forces. Can you share it with us in any forum?
Based on above Command Model here are some suggestions and recommendations: Officers Revised Rank Structure indicating years of service.
1. Captain (Platoon Commander) 0 to 6 years
2. Major (Company Commander) 7 to 12 years
3. Colonel (Battalion Commander) 13 t0 18 years
4. Brigadier (Brigade Commander) 19 to 24 years
5. Major General (Division/ Corps Commander) 25 to 30 years
6. Lt General (Command Theatres) 30 to 35 years
7. COAS 36 to 39 years
Note: No acting ranks. Lt and Lt Col ranks have been removed.
How to Quantify Leadership Qualities related to Annual Confidential Reports (new system with existing ACR Forms)?
Captain to Colonel: 1 and 0 (digital marking) with no pen picture and no recommendation. Overall grading either 1 or 0.
Brigadier to Lt General: 5 to 9 with pen picture and recommendations.
Note: All courses to carry no weightage for reporting in the ACR. Officers who qualify in every course will get monthly monetary incentive/ stipends. ACR not to be shown to officers and no representation of ACR to be accepted or processed.
This new structure will certainly reduce 90% ills of the existing ACR system. The zero error syndrome that has befallen our Army will get diluted and encourage initiative and superlative qualities of our Junior officers. The greatest advantage will be getting rid of the Top Heavy Fat of the Army Higher Command. You have younger Leaders for combat effectiveness. This new system of ACR is guaranteed to reduce corruption to a very large extent.
I know this is far too fetched for anyone to digest, but only suggestions which if implemented will bring back the glory of Indian Army to the world's best in the shortest time frame. A Fighting Force of par excellence. I am certain many of you too have brilliant ideas to enhance the prestige and honour of our Armed forces. Can you share it with us in any forum?
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