aidss, amity University Partners with Raksha Anirveda for student internship Programme

iNitiative AIDSS, AMITy uNIVERSITy pARTNERS WITh raKsha aNirveda For studeNt iNterNshiP

pROgRAMME The amity institute of defence and strategic studies (aidss) offers a wide range of subjects at the undergraduate and postgraduate courses as also for the MPhil and Phd programmes on a very contemporary basis

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ith Defence Studies becoming a ‘strategic and critical thinking’ tool as an instrumentation of national policy formulation and a vital component in Defence Diplomacy and Military Civil Fusion concept and Strategic Communications, it assumes greater importance in the security calculus of nations. Keeping this in view, Amity University establish more than 25 years ago has transcended qualitative higher learning and education thresholds as one of the most premier academic institutions on the nation, with courses conforming to the NEP 2022, initiated at the undergraduate, postgraduate, MPhil and Doctorate level for students to pursue these subjects to attain scholastic excellence.

The University was founded by Dr Ashok K. Chauhan, Hon’ble Founder President Amity Education Group, Dr Atul Chauhan Chancellor Amity University Uttar Pradesh and Dr Aseem Chauhan, Chancellor Amity University Manesar have leveraged the education standards, on the job learning, upskilling, and online course programmes, which is now ranked as a leading research and innovation driven private university and amongst the top 3% progressive universities of the world. The students graduating from this university have immense scope in a wide spectrum of institutions and in pursuing their career pathways in academics to journalism. There are immense opportunities for them in both Indian and foreign think tanks, media houses, defence industry partnerships, etc.

The University’s department for Defence and Strategic Studies, also known as Amity Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (AIDSS) is headed by Lt Gen (Dr) S. K. Gadeock, AVSM (Retd) who brings in his rich professional military experience and innovative dimension of pedagogy in meaningful measure. The Amity Institute of

Defence and Strategic Studies offers a wide range of subjects at the undergraduate and postgraduate courses as also for the MPhil and PhD programmes on a very contemporary basis.

Recently, Amity Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies organised a monthlong internship programme for its undergraduate students. Under this programme, Raksha Anirveda, a prospective think tank, an emerging and evolving defence and strategic affairs quarterly magazine provided internship to eight students of AIDSS. The six weeks-long internship programmes focused on helping the students to connect their classroom knowledge with their on-field experience and also trained them to learn new skills, enhancing confidence levels manifold to adapt themselves in a professional environment

Among the think tanks in India where the students could pursue their area of studies are Observer Research Foundation (ORF), Manohar Parrikar Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis (MPIDSA), Centre for Joint Warfare Studies (CENJOWS,) National Maritime Foundation (NMF), Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), Centre for Airpower Studies (CAPS) etc. Additionally, the foreign think tanks where students have prospects of joining include Carnegie Foundation, Brookings, Chatham House and Stimson Centre etc.

The subjects which the students can choose to pursue at AIDSS are: (Give a table presentation to the below details)

1. Defence and strategic studies 2. india’s Foreign policy 3. industry 4.0 and Defence and security 4. modern strategic thought process 5. peace and Conflict studies 6. terrorism and Counter terrorism 7. Geopolitics and military geography studies 8. Un and new World order 9. World powers and new strategic

Alignments 10. international relations 11. Defence Budget and economics 12. military technology and Warfare spectrum 13. Diplomacy and international Affairs 14. international law 15. india’s Defence preparedness 16. india’s military history 17. maritime Defence and security 18. Foreign language and Communication skills

With the concomitant rapid growth of the electronic media as also digital media along with the burgeoning growth of specialised journals in defence and foreign policy, there is indeed immense scope for the students to pursue a career in defence journalism in their specialised areas. Moreover, the increasing number of exhibitions and expositions on defence, offers an opportunity for the students to interact with leading defence industries and corporate companies focused on weapons and defence equipment and gain an in-depth knowledge of these areas. The future of both the Defence Industrial Corridors is promising and the GOI is giving them all possible infrastructural facilities, communication network systems, FDI from foreign defence collaborators and ease of doing defence business to foster indigenised manufacturing of defence systems contributing exponentially towards ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’.

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