General BC Joshi Memorial Lecture 2024 was organised by the Department of Defence & Strategic Studies (DDSS), Savitribai Phule Pune University on Wednesday, 27th November 2024 at 5:00 pm at Irawati Karve Social Science Complex, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune. General Upendra Dwivedi, PVSM, AVSM Chief of the Army Staff delivered the lecture on the topic "Role and Contribution of Indian Army in Securing India's Growth Story".
The lecture was also attended by Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth, AVSM, GOC-in-C, Southern Command; Lt Gen S P Singh, Yudh Seva Medal, Chief of Staff, Southern Command; Lt Gen Sandeep Thareja, Sena Medal, Vishist Sena Medal, Director and commandant, Armed Force Medical College (AFMC); Former Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Oman & UAE, Shrinivas Sohoni; Lt Gen A L Chavan; Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Prof. (Dr.) Suresh Gosavi; Hon’ble Pro-Vice Chancellor, Prof. (Dr.) Parag Kalkar; Officiating Registrar, Prof. (Dr.) Jyoti Bhakare; Former Vice Chancellor, SPPU, Prof. (Dr.) Nitin Karmalkar; Prof. C. M. Chitale; Prof. Shrikant Paranjpe; Veterans; Army, Navy & Airforce Officers; Staff; 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.