General BC Joshi Memorial Lecture 2023 was organised by the Department of Defence & Strategic Studies (DDSS), Savitribai Phule Pune University on Thursday, 14th December 2023. Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, PVSM AVSM VM ADC, Chief of the Air Staff delivered the lecture on the topic, “Transformation of IAF into a Contemporary & Future Ready Aerospace Force”.
Hon'ble Vice Chancellor, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Prof. (Dr.) Suresh Gosavi; Hon'ble Pro Vice Chancellor, Prof. (Dr.) Parag Kalkar; Former Vice Chancellors of SPPU, Prof. (Dr.) Nitin Karmalkar and Prof. (Dr.) Vasudev Gade; Prof. (Dr.) Nitin Ghorpade, Management Council Member; Mrs. Jyostna Ekbote, Management Council Member; Air Marshal Bhushan Gokhale (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM; Air Marshal (Retd) SS Soman, PVSM AVSM VM; Ambassador S S Sohoni; Lt Gen A.L. Chavan (Retd); Dr. Sheshadri Chari, MoD Chair of Excellence, DDSS; Officers, Staff of DDSS, students of SPPU, and others were present for the lecture. I express my gratitude to the members of the print and electronic media for having covered the lecture to the best of their ability.