IDSA renamed after Manohar Parrikar

New Delhi: The Union government has decided to rename well-known think tank Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) as ‘Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses’.

The government has decided to rename “The Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses” (IDSA) as “Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses”.

The decision was taken to honour late Manohar Parrikar. “It will align the vision and aspiration of the premier defence Institute with the contribution of the former Raksha Mantri and Padma Bhushan awardee,” said a government statement.

Defence minister chairs the executive committee of the institute's society. Mr Parrikar was Union defence minister from November 9, 2014 to March 14, 2017 and steered the ministry through the tough challenges of attacks like Pathankot and Uri.

“When late Manohar Parrikar was Raksha Mantri, India witnessed a series of decisions that enhanced India’s security capacities, boosted indigenous defence production and bettered the lives of ex-servicemen,” said defence ministry. His biggest contribution was towards the implementation of long-standing One Rank One Pension (OROP) demand for the Armed Forces, it said. He initiated major military reforms with the objective of having better teeth-totail ratio by setting up an expert committee under Lt Gen (Retd) D.B. Shekatkar for enhancing combat capability and rebalancing expenditure.

An autonomous body under the ministry of defence, IDSA was estab