Task force on global strategic development

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today constituted a task force on Global Strategic Developments. The seven-member panel, to be chaired by strategic affairs analyst K Subrahmanyam, will examine various aspects of global trends in strategic affairs. It is likely to submit its report in six months. It will be serviced by the National Security Council secretariat, a PMO statement said.

The members of the task force are Prof P Rama Rao, ex-chief of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board; R K Pachauri, director, Energy and Resources Institute; Arvind Virmani, Director, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations; Tarun Das, former DG, CII; Air Marshal retd Vinod Patney; M S Ananth, Director, IIT-Madras; Dr Amitabh Mattoo, Vice-Chancellor, Jammu University, and Uday Bhaskar, Deputy DG, Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis.