Jasjit Singh (IAF officer)

Air Commodore Jasjit Singh AVSM, VrC, VM
Air Commodore Jasjit Singh
Born	(1934-07-08)8 July 1934
Died	4 August 2013(2013-08-04) (aged 79)
Buried	Brar Square
Allegiance	India
Service/branch	Indian Air Force
Years of service	1956-1988
Rank	Air Commodore
Service number	5100
Unit	3 Squadron
Commands held	No.17 Squadron
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Operation Cactus-Lilly
Awards	Ati Vishist Seva Medal (AVSM) Vayu Sena Medal Vir Chakra Padma Bhushan

Air Commodore Jasjit Singh, AVSM, VrC, VM (8 July 1934 – 4 August 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 8 July 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[]

The President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam presenting Padma Bhushan to Air Commodore Jasjit Singh, at investiture ceremony in New Delhi on 29 March 2006

• 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.

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