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Akshat Gupta is a national bestselling author, a TEDx speaker and an excelling screenwriter and dialogue writer in the Indian film industry. The Hidden Hindu series, authored by him, has sold over 1 lakh copies, with each book a national bestseller. Akshat is well known in the publishing industry, as well as in the Indian film industry, with a number of films and web-series signed on his name.

Nitendra SINGH is a nuclear engineer with expertise in nuclear safety and design working at ITER organization as a Project Associate responsible for the safety assessment of Tritium Breeding Blanket Systems (TBBS). He holds a Doctorate in Nuclear Engineering from Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), India; a Master in Nuclear Engineering from Université Paris Sud-XI (now, Paris-Saclay), France and a Master of Technology in Nuclear Science and Technology from the University of Delhi, India. He has management diplomas in Nuclear Energy Management from IAEA, Austria, and in Nuclear Knowledge Management from the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI), Russia.

His technical expertise includes Nuclear Severe Accident Management, Nuclear Safety Design and Passive Systems, Tritium Breeding Blanket Systems, and Advanced Nuclear Reactor Core Design. He has authored several publications in severe accident safety design, and fast breeder reactor core design

His book “Basic Concepts Behind Fast Breeder Reactor Core Design” sets an example for advanced second stage of the India’s three stage Nuclear Program. He is the only scientist in the country who has performed the hands-on experimental program on melt-water interaction towards the design of indigenous core catcher. The innovative severe accident safety system is key to address Fukushima kind of scenarios.

His design study on long-life core fuel pin design for the Indian fast breeder reactor using internal breeding gain concept, set up a basis for long-term utilisation of reactor core. This concept will be backbone of “Sookshma”.

In addition, he is an avid speaker on advanced nuclear systems, fusion technology, nuclear and fusion policy, and climate change actions. He is the founder of the Indian Youth Nuclear Society (IYNS) and the Women in Nuclear in India association (WiN-India) and co-founded the Women in Fusion (WiF) international organization, Nuclear4Climate initiative, and InFusEd (International Fusion Energy Education) initiatives at ITER. Furthermore, he is the founder and CEO of “IYNS: Tech-Solutions” and working towards design of India’s First Micro Reactor “SUK-M (Sookshma)”.

Sudhanshu Mani is a former officer of the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers, where he served for 38 years. He retired as the general manager of the Integral Coach Factory, Chennai, where Train 18 was built from design to development in record 18 months under his leadership.

Major General G.D. Bakshi is a retired Indian Army officer, renowned for his service in the Jammu and Kashmir and his role in the Kargil War. He has received the Vishisht Seva Medal and the Sena Medal for his distinguished service. A prolific author and defense analyst, Bakshi has written extensively on military history and strategy. Post-retirement, he remains a prominent commentator on national security issues.

0:00 Why Jammu is under attack
4:57 General Bakshi on 90s Ops
9:03 Reasi barbarism
12:58 Ops in Rajouri Poonch
14:45 Troops reduction in Army
19:00 Problem with Agniveer
21:17 Big difference in Ops in Kashmir Vs Jammu
23:22 Don’t be defensive PLEASE
28:49 How Brigadier Acharya was punished
31:40 Manpower is critical in mountains - Kargil example
33:45 Don’t cut down army strength
34:52 Indian Army won’t get good soldiers with Agniveer
37:30 Reforms in Agniveer
42:54 Pak’s Modus operandi has changed in J&K now
44:20 Army has to go on offensive
47:00 Narco angle - new method in J&K
49:07 General Bakshi’s recommendations

Shantanu Gupta is the founder of a leading youth based organisation, Yuva Foundation, which works with youth and spreads awareness among them, on policy, politics and social issues. In the past he has worked for a renowned think tank, Center for Civil Society (CCS).

Shantanu has worked long in the hinterlands of Bundelkhand with UNICEF in Uttar Pradesh. He has also lead large-scale remedial education interventions with Naandi Foundation in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and New Delhi. Shantanu has worked for a decade as a process and management consultant in many cities in India, Switzerland, Cyprus, Hungry and Israel. He has represented India in many international conferences on economy and policy, in Germany, Malaysia and Sri Lanka.

He is author of various books - 'The Monk Who Became Chief Minister', 'The Monk Who Transformed Uttar Pradesh', 'Teachings from the Ramayana on Family & Life' & others.

Abhinav Katyal - Corporate professional with 15+ years experience, keen observer of Politics of Haryana & Punjab, close association with Indian political system for 4 years.