Jasjit Singh (IAF officer)

Jasjit Singh AVSM, VrC, VM (July 8, 1934 – August 4, 2013) was an Indian military officer, writer, military strategist, and air commodore in the Indian Air Force. He retired as Director of Operations of the Air Force but remained head of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (1987-2001). He was founder-director of the Centre for Air Power Studies, based in Delhi. He was awarded the Vir Chakra during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.^[1]

Biography

Singh was born on July 8, 1934^[2] He founded the Air Force think tank, Centre for Air Power Studies, and also remained longest continuously serving director of Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) from 1987-2001.^[1][3]

In 2006, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan by Government of India.^[4]

Works

• Jasjit Singh (1987). AWACS, the new destabiliser. Lancer Press. ISBN 978-81-85096-01-8.
• Jasjit Singh (1988). Air Power in Modern Warfare. Lancer Publishers. ISBN 978-81-7062-047-1.
• Jasjit Singh (1989). Developments In Asia-Pacific Region. Lancer International. ISBN 978-81-7062-079-2.
• Jasjit Singh; Vatroslav Vekarić (1989). Non-provocative Defence: The Search for Equal Security. Lancer Publishers. ISBN 978-81-7062-080-8.
• Jasjit Singh (1990). India and Pakistan: Crisis of Relationship. Lancer Publishers. ISBN 978-81-7062-118-8.
• Jasjit Singh (1990). Superpower detente and future of Afghanistan. Published by Patriot Publishers on behalf of Indian Centre for Regional Affairs. ISBN 978-81-7050-119-0.
• Jasjit Singh (1991). Asian Security: Old Paradigms and New Challenges. Lancer Publishers. ISBN 978-81-7062-114-0.
• Jasjit Singh; Thomas Bernauer (1993). Security of Third World countries. Dartmouth.
• Jasjit Singh (1997). Bridges across the Indian Ocean. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses.
• Jasjit Singh (1998). Nuclear India. Knowledge World. ISBN 978-81-86019-11-5.
• Jasjit Singh (1999). Kargil 1999: Pakistan's Fourth War for Kashmir. Knowledge World. ISBN 978-81-86019-22-1.
• Jasjit Singh (2000). India's Defence Spending: Assessing Future Needs. Knowledge World. ISBN 978-81-86019-25-2.
• Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema; Jasjit Singh (2000). Defence Expenditure in South Asia: An Overview. Regional Centre for Strategic Studies. ISBN 978-955-8051-11-5.
• Jasjit Singh (2001). Reshaping Asian Security. Knowledge World. ISBN 978-81-87966-03-6.
• Jasjit Singh (2003). Air Power and Joint Operations. Knowledge World. ISBN 978-81-87966-17-3.
• Jasjit Singh (2004). Innovation and knowledge diffusion in the global economy: a thesis. Harvard University.
• Jasjit Singh (2007). Defence from the Skies. Knowledge World. ISBN 978-81-87966-51-7.
• Jasjit Singh (2009). Military Leadership for Tomorrow. KW Publishers Pvt Limited. ISBN 978-81-87966-58-6.
• Jasjit Singh (2009). Bharatiya Parmanu Shastra. Prabhat Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-7315-289-4.
• Jasjit Singh; Centre for Air Power Studies (New Delhi, India) (2012). Essays on China. KW Publishers. ISBN 978-93-81904-23-7.

References

1. "PM condoles Air Commodore Jasjit Singh's death, calls him inspirational military leader". Business Standard. Aug 5, 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
2. "Strategic thinker Jasjit Singh passes away". DNA India. Aug 4, 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
3. "Former Directors of IDSA". Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
4. "Padma Awards Directory (1954–2009)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs.