Army trains officers along LAC in Tibetology
The Hindu
First batch with 15 participants was held from March to June last
With a view to orienting its officers and men posted in Tibetan culture and also preparing them to better understand the information warfare, the Army has begun a course in Tibetology in a tie-up with the in Arunachal Pradesh. The first batch with 15 participants was held from March to June this year.
“Understanding Tibetan traditions, cultural peculiarities, democracy and political influence and so on empowers our men and officers to understand where we are going into and where we are operating,” said a senior Army officer at the 5 Mountain Division at Tenga in Arunachal Pradesh. Officers posted around in the area would be considered for the course.
The Army’s Training Command, ARTRAC, has identified seven institutes for Tibetology across the country, two of which are in the Northeast. The other one is the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology in Sikkim.
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