New Delhi, Nov. 18 -- The Indian Army and the Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) on Sunday held the Curtain Raiser event for the Chanakya Defence Dialogue 2025 (CDD-2025) at the Manekshaw Centre. This year's theme is 'Reform to Transform: Sashakt, Surakshit aur Viksit Bharat.'

At the event the Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi linked national security with national development, noting that the aspirations of Viksit Bharat @2047 require long-term stability.

General Dwivedi highlighted the Ministry of Defence's declaration of 2025 as the 'Year of Reforms'and said that development and security must progress together.

A Special Address was delivered by Rajiv Chandrasekhar, former Minister of State for Electronics & IT and Sk...