TA has already inducted five Chinese (Mandarin) language experts, along with 12 more inducted through the other routes. As part of the larger scheme “the candidates will be inducted both as officers and men and will be working in the niche areas having the opportunity to get promoted to the higher ranks in the same role”.
In addition, domain specialists will also be inducted into the Indian Army through regular recruitment routes. Advertisement for the same is expected to come out soon.
The Indian Army, following tenure-based posting diligently, is undergoing a major transformation right from induction, training, structure and organisational. This will help the specialists to stay at the place of their posting for long without their promotion getting affected.
“Mechanism is being worked out so that they occupy these billets,” said General Kapoor. The Indian Army, as part of the overall structural changes, is also creating branches with officers in charge to work towards technology innovation together with the academia, and institutions like the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), other Engineering Colleges, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and academia.
The Indian Army has entered into the decade of Transformation by declaring the year 2023 as ‘Year of Transformation’ and 2024 as ‘Year of Technology Absorption’ to align its rank and file towards the Transformative initiatives being undertaken.