Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd)

Col Dalvi, ex Maratha LI, ex APTC is the Founder & Director of 'Mission Victory India.' He is a combat veteran of the '71 war, an author, & is the foremost authority on military selection & trg issues

98 posts

 DSSC: The News Maker - Debate Part 2
"We must know that Change can never be 'agenda - driven'. Such an attempt often meets inner resistance and takes a path , contrary to the alleged 'agenda'"

Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Vaibhav Agrawal

30 Nov 2022
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Military Administrative Tribunal (MAT)
In a highly pyramidical structure, supercessions are to be treated as a norm. It is not a stricture on your performance. Berths on upper floors of service hierarchy are very few. Only the most competent from a group of otherwise competent people shall occupy those and rightly so.

Group Captain TP Srivastava (Retd), Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd)

27 Nov 2022
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Remembering & Reviewing 1962 Indo - China War After 60 Yrs - Debate Part 3
We should stop war mongering. We need to extend a sincere honourable plan for disengagement with the Chinese. Draw MOUs where war is not an option and peaceful co-existence is. We should let the MEA do it’s job while we maintain the sanctity of our borders.

Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Vaibhav Agrawal

25 Nov 2022
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Henderson Brooks Report & 1962 Himalayan Blunder
Why do you want to see the HB report when enough revelations have been made in Himalayan Blunder by Brig. JP Dalvi? We must also know that Terms of Reference of Henderson Brooks investigations were very limited. Therefore he could not have done full justice to it.

Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Vaibhav Agrawal

24 Nov 2022
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Remembering & Reviewing 1962 Indo - China War After 60 Yrs - Debate
"The truth lies buried in 'Henderson Brooks Report' which no government in power including the BJP dares to declassify" Opines Brig BL Poonia in MVI Debate

Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Vaibhav Agrawal

19 Nov 2022
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21st century war
Warfare In 21st Century And What India Needs To Do? Debate - Concluding Part 4 Of MVI Debate
"Make RAW the STINGING arm of your WOM on China and Pakistan. Provide Baloch, Pashtun, Tibetan and Uighur rebels bases in India. 'Do unto your enemy what it does to you ' is an old maxim ."

Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Vaibhav Agrawal

16 Nov 2022
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Warfare In 21st Century & What India Needs To Do? Part 3 Of Debate
"I think it is time we dumped the “no-first-use” policy and prepare for the use of our strategic assets should the Chinese undertake offensive operations across the LAC in Ladakh and/or in the North and North East."

Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Vaibhav Agrawal

15 Nov 2022
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Warfare In 21st Century - 2: The Nuclear Debate
"I have always advocated that India move away from ' NO FIRST USE ' precept to ' NEED BASED FIRST USE ' Mere change will put our hostile neighbours on notice " Opines Gp Capt TP Srivastava in Part 2 of MVI debate

Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Vaibhav Agrawal

15 Nov 2022
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MVI Debate: 21st Century Warfare & What India Needs To Do?
"Lets not confuse nuclear deterrence with conventional war fighting. As regards nuclear deterrence capability, no country on earth has a total defence against a nuclear strike.", opines Gen Rana Goswami, in this debate.

Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Sannidhya Sandheer

12 Nov 2022
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Review Of Military Traditions & What Veterans Say
"The Regiment and the Regimental Spirit are a great heritage; it is this heritage we must nurture. for, so long as the Regimental Spirit is alive. So long will the Regiment live." - Lt Gen. Hanut Singh

Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Vaibhav Agrawal

23 Sep 2022
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Kargil War
Kargil as Collective Memory Serves
"As chairman of Kargil Battle Honours Committee, I had A better idea of the operation than many of my generation." "The crowning and troubling irony is that over the years many serious recommendations of Kargil Review Committee remain in cold storage."

Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Aritra Banerjee

26 Jul 2022
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Agnipath's Agnipareeksha
Agnipath has taken a rough turn and triggered rage amongst military veterans, defence aspirants and several opposition leaders which have raised reservations over the entire process .

Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Vaibhav Agrawal

20 Jun 2022
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Agniveer Debate: The Antim Pag To Agnipath
Editor's Note: The 'Agniveer & Tour of Duty' Debate (Responses from Veterans) to MVI article of Colonel Rajinder Kushwaha (Retd) was published on 22 Apr 22. Responses to this debate

Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Aritra Banerjee

1 May 2022
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Agnipariksha: A Blazing Discourse On The 'Agniveer' Proposal
Is the 'Agniveer' proposal laudable or laughable? Indian Army veterans & serving officers share their take in this exclusive MVI debate.

Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Aritra Banerjee

22 Apr 2022
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The Legacy & Necessity Of CDS: Experience Speaks
What is the legacy that Gen. Rawat has left behind as the first CDS of India? Is there really a necessity for the post to exist? Veterans debate.

Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Shreya Mundhra

27 Dec 2021
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Women in the NDA – A Step in the Right Direction?
Should women be allowed to join the National Defence Academy? Experts react!

Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Aritra Banerjee

23 Aug 2021
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Kargil as Collective Memory Serves
Collective memory of the Kargil war serves not only as a reminder but a lesson too

Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Aritra Banerjee

25 Jul 2021
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Naxalism in India: History, Growth, Present & Future
While India's Naxal affected districts have gone down from 231 to 30, the aftermath of the Chhattisgarh attack on 3 April 2021 brings out the skeletons of the nation's fledgling anti-Naxal response

Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd)

29 May 2021
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