Prakash Katoch

Prakash Katoch is third generation army officer hailing from Himachal Pradesh. He is former Lieutenant General from Special Forces and post-retirement has published over 2100 articles on international affairs, geopolitics, military, security, technical and topical issues besides authoring two books. He is active in seminars at both national and international levels.

Blogs, Opinion, OpinionsMay 23, 2015<May 27, 2015

Pakistan – dragon swallows more

Pakistan scrambled eight JF 17 fighter jets to escort Chinese President Xi Jinping’s aircraft visiting Pakistan. And why not because Xi was to ink…

Blogs, OpinionApril 21, 2015<April 21, 2015

Willful Vilification

That the arms mafia has been hounding General VK Singh from the time he was Army Chief because he exposed corruption is quite well…

Blogs, Defence/Security, Opinion, TechJanuary 14, 2015<January 16, 2015

Optimizing Information Technology

More than two years back on November 2012, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon praised India as a “superpower” in the field of information technology…

Blogs, OpinionJanuary 6, 2015<January 7, 2015

Ridiculing National Security

The political rhetoric and drama that followed the recent episode of a Pakistani boat that was chased inside India waters, intercepted, chased and blew…

Blogs, OpinionDecember 8, 2014<December 10, 2014

Around the Mulberry Tree

There are no two opinions in India that defence has been the most neglected sector in right from the Nehru-Krishna Menon combination; former with…