Col NN Bhatia (Retd)

39 Articles
Col NN Bhatia (Retd), besides being a combat military veteran is perhaps the only freelance consultant in Industrial Security. He has audited large numbers of core strategic industries in both private and public sectors such as Aeronautics, Airports, Banks, Defence, DRDOs, Mints, Nuclear Energy, Oil, Power, Ports, Prasar Bharti (AIR & Doordarshan Kendras) Railways, Refineries, Space, Ship Building, Telecom & various vital Research Centres & Laboratories and conducted numerous Industrial Security & Disaster Management Training Programs, Seminars, Workshops & Exhibitions & interacted with numerous Ministries, Departments & NGOs and undertaken Industrial Security Audits, Reviews, Training & Advice in Disaster Management & handling of IEDs & Explosives. He has vast experience in the management of the Human Resources, Training & Development, Liaison, Fire Fighting, Logistics, Equipment & Material Management, Strategic Decision-Making Process, clearance of Maps & Aerial Photography (GIS), Explosives handling, Industrial Security & Disaster Management. He is physically, mentally and attitudinally sound having good communication skills to undertake Industrial Security Consultancy, IED handling, Coordination & Liaison Assignments to add to the productivity of the Organisation. He can also organise discreet customised intelligence gathering & surveillance operations on a turnkey basis for his clients. He is a prolific writer written numerous articles on industrial security, national and geostrategic security issues and 5 books- KUMAONI Nostalgia, Industrial and Infrastructure Security in 2 volumes, Soldier Mountaineer (biography of international mountaineer Col Narender Kumar 'Bull' and Reminiscing Battle of Rezang La. *Views are personal.

Exclusive articles:

From Heemal to Hilton by John Shilshi is a narration of a passport officer’s life in militancy-hit Jammu and Kashmir

On the onset, I sheepishly admit, on getting the book 'From HEEMAL to HILTON' written by my very dear friend John Shilshi, I was...

Khurpatal Sojourn & the Disaster Thereafter

I spent my childhood living at my uncle's agricultural farm located near small, obscure town Bilaspur that only had a Junior High School (up...

Why Worry about Industrial Security?

The National Security Management requires an integrated approach and coordinated applications of the state's political, military, diplomatic, scientific, industrial, and technological resources to protect...

Breaking

Western Nuclear Industry Faces a Russian Challenge

To reduce their dependence on Russian nuclear fuel supplies,...

All That Glitters Is Not Gold: India’s Pragmatic Approach to Real World Power Struggles

India must approach its role in the geopolitical arena...

A Troubled Nation

Recent events in Bangladesh bring back memories of the...