CANDID AND TO THE POINT / काम की बात
Good wishes on Indian Air Force day
परिंदों को नहीं दी जाती तालीम उड़ानों की;
वो खुद ही तय करते हैं मंजिल आसमानों की;
रखते हैं जो हौसला आसमानों को छूने का;
उनको नहीं होती परवाह गिर जाने की।
मंजिल उन्ही को मिलती है,
जिनके सपनो में जान होती है!!
पंख से कुछ नहीं होता, हौसलों से उड़ान होती है!!
नभ: स्पृशं दीप्तम् – Touch the sky with glory
Happy Landings
Any organization will do well if it has a healthy working environment. Responsibility of creating a good and productive environment rests with the senior leadership. Senior leadership not only has to insist and encourage but also lead by example to achieve this.
During four decades of working in the Air Force, few aspects related to good working environment appealed to me. I made these as my guiding principles. Some of these are as follows:-
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Year 2020 has been very eventful for the entire world. It started with the pandemic spreading and creating a turmoil worldwide. While the world was struggling to deal with the calamity and the associated economic repercussions, China created a global situation with its aggressive behaviour following its policy of expansionism and opportunism. This is resulting in emergence of new world order, new alliances, and changes in economic and diplomatic dealings.
Closer at home the country is dealing with multiple fronts. Besides the spread of pandemic and economic woes it has to deal with aggressive behaviour of two hostile neighbours. Situation at the borders is tense and could go in any direction.
In this prevailing scenario changes are taking place in the organisational structure of defence forces. The year started with formation of the post of CDS and Department of Military Affairs. A time bound plan has been enunciated for formation of theatre commands with the aim to increase jointness amongst the three services. It was announced that formation of AD command would be the first step towards this direction. Some reports have also appeared in the media stating that it is likely to be declared on the AF day on 08 Oct.
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