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Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman - IDSA President
November 30 , 2017
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- Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has been elected President of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA).
- IDSA was set up in 1965 by the Ministry of Defence as an autonomous think tank, and it is customary to have the Defence Minister as its President.
- The Minister chairs the Executive Council which governs the Institute.
- Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar, Defence Secretary Sanjay Mitra, Director General Jayant Prasad and Deputy Director General Maj. Gen. Alok Deb are ex-officio members.
- The staff representative in the Council is Ashok K. Behuria.
- IDSA is funded by the Ministry of Defence and its faculty conducts research in military, foreign and strategic affairs.
- Significantly, the Government has sought its views before taking major policy initiatives, like conducting nuclear tests, as in 1974 and 1998.
- IDSA also executes specific assignments from the Ministry of External Affairs.
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