Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on Monday chaired the maiden ‘Parivartan Chintan’, a tri-service conference. Parivartan Chintan is a pioneering tri-service conference that is aimed at generating new and fresh ideas, initiatives and reforms to propel jointness and integration efforts.

During the conference, Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan highlighted the need for developing a joint culture for the Armed Forces. He also stressed upon the need to integrate the capabilities of each service by creating structures that enhance war fighting ability and interoperability.

With the Indian Armed Forces having embarked on a major transformative change in their quest to be ready for the envisaged future wars, initiatives are being undertaken to promote jointness and integration as structures are modified to enable tri- service multi domain operations.

The ‘Chintan’ is the first ever conference of the Heads of all tri- services institutions, the Department of Military Affairs, Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff and the three Services, with officers from varied service brackets, through their diverse understanding and experience, recommending measures to achieve the desired “Joint and Integrated” end state with celerity.