Lieutenant General (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd) Lt Gen (Dr.) Sharma is currently a Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Land and Warfare Studies (CLAWS). He is a highly decorated and distinguished Indian Army General and a renowned academic 4 posts
Envisioning Post-Pandemic Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) Fallout of pandemic was that empaneled hospitals generally refused to admit ESM. The ESM load fell back to Service Hospitals. With hindsight, transformation of ECHS is mandatory. Lieutenant General (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd) 16 May 2021 Read more
Army Officers Cadre: Need for Positive Restructuring "The army officers career management policies have been under considerable strain for the last nearly twenty years and more. With the inevitability of change, four pointers need consideration." Lieutenant General (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd) 10 May 2021 Read more
Army Officers & Professional Military Education: Need for Focused, Systemic Change The idea of new systemic of PME is to broaden perspectives of officers and not to make great scholars out of military leaders. Education can imbue officers with critical thinking skills and strengthen abilities to contribute to solutions of complex issues. Lieutenant General (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd) 5 May 2021 Read more
Professional Military Education & Producing Thought Leaders For The Army “The aim of Professional Military Education is not to produce conformists and followers, but to inculcate a systemic push towards analysis. The course content must seek out freshness of thought, ideators, and also denote so in their assessments.” Lieutenant General (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd) 26 Nov 2020 Read more