New Delhi. The two day Unified Commanders’ Conference (UCC) for the year 2018 will be held on 30th & 31st Jul 2018 at New Delhi. A large number of Tri Services issues would be deliberated thoroughly to arrive at solution to challenges faced and to evolve plans for the future.
The Annual Conference provides a platform for discussions at the Apex Level on all ‘Joint Issues’ amongst the three Services & Ministry of Defence and enables stock taking of the previous year and planning the way ahead for the next year.
The Conference will be conducted under the tutelage of Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff (HQ IDS) and will be attended by the Nirmala Sitharaman, Defence Minister, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre Minister of State for Defence , Ajit Doval National Security Advisor, the Chiefs of Indian Army, Indian Navy & Indian Air Force and other Senior Military and Civil Officials of the Ministry of Defence and Tri-Service Organisations/Institutions.
The scope of this conference has been enhanced this year to enable the forum to facilitate joint stock taking of the previous year’s performance of all Services & Departments of Ministry of Defence. According to a press release , they will also jointly chart the course for the next year. The forum will feature addresses by the Defence Minister , the Services Chiefs, Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff, Commander-in-Chief of Andaman & Nicobar Command, Defence Secretary and all Heads of Departments of MoD.
It is being claimed that during the conference, under the chairmanship of the Chief of Integrated Staff (CISC), a large number of Tri Services issues would be deliberated thoroughly to arrive at solution to challenges faced and to evolve plans for the future.