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Indian Army all set to get IT-savvy

It has formed an Army Information Technology Advisory Board comprising its own senior officers and representatives from major IT firms.

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NEW DELHI: The Indian Army has finally woken up to the IT revolution that has swept the country. It is looking forward to creating an indigenous operating system like Windows. It has formed an Army Information Technology Advisory Board comprising its own senior officers and representatives from major IT firms.

"The objective is to harness the considerable skill and knowledge of the Indian IT industry to the benefit of the Indian Army, Air Force and Navy," said Lieutenant General Dilip N Desai, Director General (Information Systems) at the Army Headquarters. "The uses to which IT can be put in the militarily are limitless," Desai, the senior-most officer dealing with the Army's IT strategy, said. Members of Army IT Advisory Board include NIIT chairman Rajendra S Pawar, KS Viswanathan of Wipro, Tanmoy Chakrabarty of Tata Consultancy Services, N Balakrishnan of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and Ashok Jhunjhunwala of IIT Chennai, among others.

The group on Wednesday identified a few areas to be addressed and set up two joint task forces. Among the areas that the Advisory Board would explore are the possibilities of creating an indigenous operating system like Windows. It would also look at creating an indigenous Geographical Information System (GIS). Most operational military software are built on GIS. The Army would spend over Rs 7000 crores in IT in the next five years. "Within two or three years, the IT complexion of the Army will undergo a major change," said General Desai.

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