United Service Institution partners with Network18 for 'Indian Military Heritage Festival'

The United Service Institution (USI) of India has organised the first Indian Military Heritage Festival, in association with Network18, at the Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi, on October 21-22, 2023. 

The Indian Military Heritage Festival seeks to address this gap in national discourse and cultural calendar. Its activities will be driven towards enhancing the understanding of the country’s rich military heritage and traditions; contemporary security and strategy concerns; and the push to achieve self-reliance in military capability through the Atmanirbhar Bharat programmes of the Government of India.

Indian Military Heritage Festival will include sessions, ranging from discussions on Indigenous Historical Knowledge systems, India and the World Wars, Post-Independence challenges and understandings of war and conflict, analysing war through the lens of fiction and media.

The festival intends to engage global as well as Indian think tanks, institutions, corporations, public and private sector undertakings, non-profit organisations, academicians, and research scholars who have been working on topics related to India’s national security, foreign policy, military history, as well as experts in the field of military heritage, said the company statement.

“Over the course of two days, the festival will primarily bring forward different understandings and perspectives on issues involving India’s Armed Forces. Through panel sessions and discussions between scholars, practitioners, and retired officers, the sessions will provide understanding of the country’s military history, contemporary security and strategic concerns, social and welfare issues being faced by the armed forces, role of Atmanirbhar Bharat in the defence sector, India’s culture of gallantry, and how we can develop an indigenous strategic vocabulary rooted in our culture and history, moving into the future,” the statement further added.

Participants of special sessions include the Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Air Staff, as well as Amitabh Kant, G20 Sherpa.

Some of the main highlights of the festival will be military band performances by Tri-Service Bands, including the Army, Navy and Indin Air Force Symphony Bands. An exhibition to highlight and celebrate select milestones and achievements in our nation's long and illustrious military history is being organised in collaboration with the National Museum as part of the event.

A Cultural Gala Evening will be held with a special dance performance by Trikayaa Dance Foundation.

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