Syed Ata Hasnain | Women in command: Key for Army is how to adapt
Gender issues in the Army must be seen as a constant work in progress without attaching sensitivity to them. So, nothing is going to happen in a hurry without a full run of the policy through one or two command tenures of the incumbent and subsequent women commanding officers ; that could run as long as five to six years, unless of course there are judicial interventions which is something which cannot be planned for. Now, for the main issue of women Cos: I too have an opinion and it comes from years of field command and handling of officer career management policies at both the functional and directional levels. I, for one, have had a very positive experience, but earlier generations like mine never looked upon women officers in command positions of units. We groomed the male officers and did their appraisal based upon their potential for command because the Indian Army prides itself in being called a “command oriented” force.
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