General Upendra Dwivedi 🇮🇳

Silchar: Inaugurated an ICMR-backed proteomics facility at Cachar Cancer Hospital, led by Dr R Ravi Kannan, Padma Shri and Ramon Magsaysay Awardee. Full credit to him and his doctors: 80% of their patients are daily-wage earners, and each gets their devotion. The hospital began in 1992 as a people’s movement. Today it is a lifeline for southern Assam and the wider #NorthEast , where such care is scarce. My tribute to the patients, the doctors, and Dr S Krishnamurthi, who held that research must reach “the last man on the street”. At the memorial lecture in his name, my theme was protector and healer: one calling, two uniforms. Both learn, lead, serve. Both are needed for #ViksitBharat 2047. The questions on Op Sindoor and the North East were sharp. My message to the young: in future conflict no region is a bystander. Cyber, information, space and economic warfare reach every citizen. Be an enabler. Be the first village, not the last. Dhonnobad, Silchar. @DrRRaviKannan @CCHRCCancerCare

In future conflicts, the force that learns fastest holds the edge. Refining #Agniveer service after real experience, with Government and the Services deciding together, is that ‘learning in action’. My compliments to all who contributed, inside the system and outside.

To every young Indian who dreams of the sea: this is where it begins. A memorable day at the Indian Naval Academy, #Ezhimala. Where hills meet the sea, India shapes its naval leaders. I put six questions on #OperationSindoor to the faculty and the passing-out term. The questions a young officer should be able to answer before they command: 1. Who decides, and how? Political aim first. Fifteen days from shock to action, with diplomacy and force moving together. 2. How do three Services act as one? Know each other, share one picture by design. Networks today, unified commands next. 3. Conventional or grey zone? Start from the effect on the citizen, not the instrument. End where the politico-military aim is met. 4. What is escalatory deterrence? Credible capacity, control of every step, and an off-ramp the other side can accept. 5. What sustains a campaign? Precision does not remove logistics; it makes them harder. Stocks, production lines, fused intelligence. 6. Where is victory won? In the minds or physical realms. A war ends when the adversary and the world accept the outcome. Warm thanks to Vice Adm Alok Ananda, the faculty and the trainees. The officers shaped here will command a joint, multi-domain, technology-led Navy. Officer trainees from friendly nations tell me its reputation travels well beyond our shores. I was most impressed by its state-of-the-art infrastructure and outstanding faculty. #IndianNavalAcademy is among the finest academies I have seen anywhere. My message to the next generation of naval officers: think joint, think technology, think strategy. Know the politico-military end-state before the plan. And remember, every officer is a narrator. Discipline on social media is operational security. I am sanguine that you will command the first truly joint, multi-domain Navy. @indiannavy

#GenZ asked the hard questions. Here are my answers. A fireside conversation with Ms Kadhambari S Viswanathan at @VITBhopal, in a hall full of India’s future: ▸ Duty, dignity, discipline: the foundation of everything ▸ Staying rational under pressure: lessons from #OperationSindoor ▸ Beating FOMO and cognitive overload: short, mid and long-term goals ▸ IQ is not enough: build EQ, SQ and AQ ▸ AI can inform a decision. A human must own it. ▸ Atmanirbhar tech: SAMBHAV, and academia as a partner And a tribute to those who serve in silence: the military family. Thank you @VIT_univ for hosting. #Inspiration #Motivation #YouthOfIndia

From the Pass out batch of 1966 to the batch of 2026: sixty years of #Sainwinians under one roof in #Gwalior . 100+ came from Delhi, Bhopal, Raipur, Agra, Bhind and Morena. Seniors passed on lessons, the youngest brought fresh fire. Choose any field. A senior Sainwinian will open a door if you knock with honesty. Excel, and build the new #Bharat . Grateful to Lt Gen Dushyant Chauhan, Cdr Achal Singh Chauhan, Capt Viresh Pratap and Mr Vidheesh Tyagi of the Delhi Chapter for joining us, and to fellow Sainwinian Mr Amit Chaurasia for providing the Venue. Gwalior Chapter, thank you for an evening of memories and purpose. Once a #Sainwinian, always a Sainwinian. @Rewa_SainikSch

15 October is more than a date. It is a reminder of what one scientist’s courage can do for a nation. Paid homage to Our Missile Man, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam on his birth anniversary at ITM Landour (Mussorie), among DRDO’s scientists, academia, industry and all three Services who carry his dream forward. Message: System. Trust. Sovereignty. Autonomy will be built together, or not at all. #TECHMA2026

In every war ever fought, over half the wounds are to the limbs. So the soldier’s most vital ally is the orthopaedic surgeon, in uniform or out of it. At MPIOACON 2026 in #Gwalior, I told surgeons from across India and abroad: “Doctor Bhagwan ka doosra roop hota hai.” They restore the one thing that defines freedom: movement. Subedar Hokato Hotozhe Sema, Arjuna Awardee & AVSM, lost a leg to a landmine, came back to win #Paralympic bronze, and is now world No 1 in shot put. Surgeons, rehab and will made that possible. My four asks of the profession: · Prevention and the first hour · Indian implants, made in India · Humanity that no machine replaces · Joint military–civil research on anonymised soldier data Movement is Life. Life is Movement. 🇮🇳 Thanks to Dr Navin Thakkar (President, IOA), Dr R.K.S. Dhakad (Dean, GRMC), Prof R.S. Bajoria and Dr Ashish Dubey for a superb conference. Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah, Sarve Santu Niramayah 🙏 @IndianOrthAssoc

Bhairav has arrived, and the world has noticed. Gold at #CambrianPatrol2026, among 100+ teams, in one of the toughest patrolling tests anywhere. Endurance, fieldcraft and teamwork, earned and not given. Light, fast, adaptable: this is the shape of tomorrow’s battlefield. Any adversary would do well to take note. #IndianArmy Congratulations to our soldiers and the Assam Regiment. My thanks to Shri @SrBachchan for giving the Bhairav story its voice. To young India: this is what discipline and the hunger to excel look like. Shri Amitabh Bachan Voice Over Video link below: teapaw.org/adgpi/status/202298871…

60 years. 2 Param Vir Chakras. One Paltan. Visited 13 JAK RIF ahead of their Diamond Jubilee, and was proud to see the war memorial they have restored and the way they are preparing for the future. Bravest of the Brave. Yeh Dil Maange More. 🇮🇳 Durge Mata Ki Jai! #JAKRIF @Jkra_Group #IndianArmy

At 50, the Fighting Fourteen is not looking back. It is marching ahead with élan. As Honorary Colonel of the Regiment, I spent a day with 14 Mechanised Infantry (16 JAK Rifles) ahead of their Golden Jubilee. I came early so the unit could own its celebration. My message: Team. Traditions. Training. Technology. Soldiers here are fabricating Drone and counter-drone solutions of their own. That is how an Army moves from the 20th century to the 21stcentury’s systems centric approach. Durge Mata Ki Jai! #JAKRIF @Jkra_Group

Nana Patekar did not come to Rajouri as a celebrity. He came as one of us, to sit with families whose homes and lives were shattered by Pakistani shelling during #OperationSindoor. He listened and he comforted. He quietly helped. On 24 Sep 2025, on his way back, he called on me at Army House. He was full of warmth and concern for the Army and spoke with great respect of our soldiers’ efforts. And then he said, “Any time, anywhere, any thing you need, Nana is always there for the Army.” He meant every word. The Army has lost a true friend, and the nation a rare human being. Om Shanti. 🙏 @adgpi #NanaPatekar

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