Union Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth will inaugurate the second Annual Trident Lecture of the Centre for Joint Warfare Studies (CENJOWS) at Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi on September 1, 2026.
During the event, the Union Minister of State for Defence will deliver a special address on ‘Leveraging the Potential of Next Generation for Nation Building’.
The lecture is being organised as part of CENJOWS’ anniversary celebrations on the theme ‘National Resurgence through the Lens of Defence Forces’.
The programme will feature a keynote address by Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee and Chairman, CENJOWS, Air Marshal Tejinder Singh, on ‘Emerging Contours of Jointness and Integration’.
Special addresses will also be delivered by Lieutenant General Raj Shukla (Retd) on ‘Civil-Military Fusion: The Way for National Growth’, and Vice Chief of the Army Staff Lieutenant General Sandeep Jain on ‘Fighting Smartly: Multi-Domain Operations and The Concept of Jointness’.
The lecture will bring together senior military leadership and eminent experts for discussions on jointness and integration, multi-domain operations, civil-military fusion and the role of the Armed Forces in nation building.
Established in 2007 under the aegis of Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff, CENJOWS is a tri-services think tank that provides a platform for research, analysis and informed debate on joint warfare, national security and the employment of national power.
