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Army said ap at Ballian e Indian ArmArmy said tades and fir

upied by offiis led to a ho, were rescueattack camet saying he wne of four ctary formatioong the sevenRR and soldier others, incfirmed. The sence spokespalty till the (owing the a

mmissioner, Jstrike was aths after 19 foils anoth

ee terrorists wurity Forces frvening nightrators, the t

ounter, threeernment Me

Nagro

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upied by offi

a group of hPul around

my . The arethe terroristsring at sentricers and the

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army chief 'sincursion atfficers, weretors. a group of hPul around

my. The areathe terroristsring at sentricers and the

eavily armed5.45am, just

ea where terr forced theiries, killing air families. ituation,“ thr, one more r Pakistan reor talks on frentres in Jamal for defencre Major Kuner of 12 RR. oman officeombing ope

Col Manish ration is oveold Jammurandeep Sinto January's

re killed by Pn attempt in Chamliyalfiltration bidmber 28 anded, were holwere killed

ge Jammu.

ucial foBodies of Ths baton passttempt at Bae killed. Bod

eavily armed5.45am, justa where terro forced theiries, killing air families.

d terrorists dt 4km from trorists struckr entry into tan officer an

e Army saidofficer and t

equested re-eringes of themmu & Kasce of the bornal Gosalvi

er, were worations wereMehta did n

er,“ Col Mehu-Srinagar Ngh, also ordedeadly strik

Pakistani terr

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dies of three

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3 

disguised in the headqua

k is 50km frothe Officers nd three sold

d. All the 14 two soldiers engagement Heart of Asshmir and hders for the of 166 Med

ounded. Bode on till reponot give det

hta told reporNational Higered closure

ke on an air frorists at an

mgarh Sectoes said its trouspicious mtube well pusoldier, San

nce of ers Found, Hal Qamar Javnear Nagrotaterrorists we

disguised in the headquais 50km fro

the Officers nd three sold

police unifoarters of 16 Com the bordeMess (at the

diers. The te

people trappdied in the bwith India,

sia conferenchome to ove

entire Jammium Regime

dies of threerts came in.tails of the rters at the sghway route of schools iforce base inArmy camp

or in Samba doops near th

movement usump house innjay Kumar

entire Hunt On Foved Bajwa oa military bere recovere

police unifoarters of 16 Cm the bordeMess (at the

diers. The te

orms bargedCorps in Nager with Pakise field regimerrorists then

ped, includinbattle. with its hig

ce in New Dr 1,000 offi

mu region. ent Artillery,

e terrorists w

attack. “Wesite. e was closein Nagrota an Pat hankotp in Uri.

district Tueshe Chamliyalsing thermaln the fields,, was injur

Jammor More on Tuesday ,base during ed, while sea

orms bargedCorps in Nager with Pakise field regimerrorists then

d into the fielgrota, the larstan.

ment camp) bn entered tw

ng two wom

gh commissioDelhi. Nagroticers. With

, Lance Naik

were recove

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ed for traffrea.

t, and comes

sday morningl Border Outl imaging ca close to the

red and rush

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mu bor

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ld regiment rgest Corps

by throwing wo buildings

men and two

oner Abdul ta 16 Corps its massive

k Kadam of

ered, Army

onfirm any

fic. Deputy

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der

es thwarted en soldiers, ons were on

ld regiment rgest Corps

by throwing wo buildings

 

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confirm any owing the amissioner, Jastrike was aths after 19

country's decks on its camd such big astructure arothe defence

art or minimequipped seligence alert

ence sourceservice comm

r the Januaryn the terror d and over

astructure arowas the firstrity infrastru

nohar Parrikathree Servicce. Army itself Pakistan are

vance.

ostage-like siescued. Howe a day afterwas ready focommand ceon, it's crucian killed werRR and so

s of three terme in. Defencasualty till

attack, the oammu, Simr

a throwback soldiers wer

Lesso

Nagrota efence estabmps in J&Kstrike after ound militarministry and

mise such attaentries to a ts. s said there mittee, led by 2 terror striattack on an

r 20 injuredound bases ot to report onucture arouar in mid-Mae headquart

f cannot escae at a new hi

ituation,“ thwever, one mr Pakistan reor talks on frentres in Jamal for defencre Major Gooldier Ragwrrorists werence spokespthe (search)old Jammu-randeep Singto January's

re killed by P

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K and elsewhPathankot

y bases and d the armed acks, ranging

total revam

was “very lby former Aike on the Pan Army admd, does noton a war foon the Campond military ay , few conters, which i

ape blame, cigh and terro

e Army saidmore officer aequested re-eringes of themmu & Kasce of the borosavi Kunal Mwinder of 1e recovered, erson Lt Co) operation is-Srinagar Ngh, also orde deadly strik

Pakistani terr

t learnBy R

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ncrete steps hin turn have

oming as thorists are loo

4 

d. All the 14 and two soldengagement Heart of Asshmir and hders for the Mannadir of2 RR. FouArmy confirl Manish Mes over,“ Col

Nation al Hiered closure ke on an air rorists at an

nt fromRajat Pandit

Security Infe learnt fewrrorist attackis year, hass. inue to waff

per perimeterstandard op

-up action“ tLt-General Pbase left sevecamp at Urihave galvan

ee's prescripns. “Since thhave been tae carried ou

e Na grota aoking for hig

people trappdiers died in

with India, sia conferenc

home to oveentire Jammf 166 Mediu

ur others, inrmed.The seehta did not Mehta told

ighway routof schools inforce base inArmy camp

m past m

nfra Around w lessons frok on an artills once again

fle over the r security-cu

perating pro

to the compPhilip Campen defence pi on Septemnised the au

ptive measurehe report waken.There wut some secu

attack did at ghimpact targ

ped, includinthe battle. with its hig

ce in New Dr 1,000 offi

mu region. um Regimenncluding a earch and cogive details reporters at te was closn Nagrota arn Pathankot

p in Uri.

mistak

d Military Baom the repealery unit comn exposed

wide-ranginum-intrusioncedures and

prehensive repose (retd), personnel de

mber 18, in wuthorities in

es to plug thwas submittewere some gurity audits

a time whengets to drive

ng two wom

gh commissioDelhi. Nagroticers. With

nt Artillery, Lwoman off

ombing operaof the attackthe site. ed for traffrea. , and comes

Wed, 30

kes

ases ated fidayeempound at Nthe chinks

ng measures n detection sd response

ecommendatwhich was

ead and 25 inwhich 19 sonto upgradin

he numerous ed to defenceneral discuof their bas

n cross-borde home their

men and two

oner Abdul ta 16 Corps its massive

Lance Naik fficer, were ations were k. “We will

fic. Deputy

barely two

0 Nov, 2016

en (suicide) Nagrota, the

in security

required to ystems and systems to

tions of the constituted

njured. oldiers were ng security

gaps in the ce minister

ussions with ses,“ said a

der tensions message of

 

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court of inqorists, disguitwo officer at the laxity ie the artillerydquarters at Ne terrorists ment. Fortunatage-crisis,“ hcertainly diffuld be to conor counter-inces. reover, prold,“ said anot

Nagrota

rota: Braveryajor hostage n after the hmeters from the families

wever, due toborns, the ple wives of tmplary courahe terrorists the women

e succeeded ie terrorists enation. The sessfully resc

nish Mehta satwo babies r

wever, in the said the bodplete area. e terrorists fries. In the in

quiry into thesed in police

and five soldin perimetery unit's comNagrota,“ samanaged to tely , the trohe added. ficult to thwntain the daminsurgency o

longed stresther officer.

a terro

y of the wivcrisis during

heavily armethe headqua

s of the soldio the braverylans of the tethe two armage as they bto break intonot shown tin causing huntered two bsituation wacued, whichaid. rescued are 1rescue attem

dies of three

forced their nitial counte

e Nagrota ine uniforms,

diers on Tuesr security is

mpound is banid the sourceenter the ofops respond

art well-trainmage. With ooperations i

ss levels am

or attac

ves of two arg the encound terrorists darters of theers and officy of these tw

errorists coulmy officers, blocked the eo the housesthis alertnesuge damage

buildings whas very qui

h included 1

18 months anmpt one moree terrorists h

entry into r action, one

cident will pto storm thesday . obvious. Th

ng on the me. fficers' messded effective

ned, heavilyover 3 lakh Ain the hinte

mong the tro

ck: Brahosta

rmy officers nter that tookdisguised in

e 16 Corps, tcers hostagewo women, ld not materwho were

entry of theis," an army os, the terrori to the army

hich were occickly contai2 soldiers, t

nd two monte officer andhave been r

the Officerse officer and

5 

pinpoint the e compound

he alert nessmain road, aro

s complex, wly to ensure

yarmed terroArmy soldie

erland, many

oops often c

avery age cris

who were stk place in Nan police unifthey wanted. who were s

ialise. on night du

ir quarters wofficer privy ists would h

y and the famcupied by ofined and thtwo women

ths old, the od two jawansecovered an

s Mess comd three soldie

security lapof the 166 m

s levels shoound three k

where two wthere was no

rists ready ters deployedy military c

cause fatigue

of officsis taying in theagrota area oform enteredd to enter the

staying in th

uty when thwith all the h

to the encouhave been abmilies, he saifficers, their hereafter, in

and two ba

officer said.s sacrificed tnd operation

mplex by thrers of the Ar

pses that allomedium arti

uld have bekm from the

women and to civilian ca

o lay down d in J&K, alocamps have

e and the c

cers' w

e family quaof Jammu ond an army une family qua

he family qu

he encounterhousehold iteunter told PTble to take thd. families. Th

n a deliberaabies," Defe

their lives, thns were in p

rowing grenrmy were ma

owed the heaillery regime

een all the mwell-guarde

two childrenasualties or a

their lives. Bong the bord

e only basic

onsequent l

Wed, 30

wives a

arters helped n Tuesday. nit located warters where

uarters along

r broke outems, makingTI. hem hostage

his led to a hate operationnce spokesm

he spokesmaprogress to s

nades and fiartyred," he s

avily-armed ent unit and

more higher ed 16 Corps

n were also a full-blown

But the aim ders as well c perimeter

owering of

0 Nov, 2016

averts

in averting

within three they could

g with their

t, displayed g it difficult

and would

hostage-like n all were man Lt Col

an said. sanitise the

iring at the said.

 

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e intelligenc

lligence servting an attackclaimed the

ress. The intten days ag

cials familiarckers succeednsitive instadetails hav

red the Nagrded towards iers in the firr, another of

men and at lces said. Th, though offi

op military out and perim

he facility. “Tck played outn though theping over thoughgoing nere are hundother equipm

he Pathankotre launchingstigation Ag

ple had accesly linked totrated into J

ot called offtised. is going on

my does not wpokesman sai

gence w

ce services la

vices had bek on the XVe lives of setelligence sego, the sourr with the ided in traver

allations. e emerged orota complexa complex

rst fire contafficer and twleast two ch

here was no icials said thofficer said

meter vulneraThis is somet,” the office

e terrorists whe perimeternational audidreds of basement,” a senit case, the teg their attagency detectss to the baseo the LashkaJammu and

f the operatio

n, we have swant to takeid.

warnedon po

ast warned ot

een monitorVI Corps heaeven Army rvices last w

rces said. Thintelligence rsing the rou

on preciselyx by scalingof buildings

act. wo soldiers whildren whoofficial com

hree terroristthe operatio

abilities, sugething that wer said. who attackedr wall by bt of security

es and facilitior official oerrorists spenack, raising tives have, he,” an investar-e-Taiba, aKashmir ins

on but suspe

suspended ite any risk an

d of imoor secof an imminten days ago

ring at least adquarters inpersonnel,

warned of anhough the Vsaid, the ex

ute to Nagrot

y how the atg its perimets which hou

were killed were trapp

mment from ts had been con suggestedggesting theywill have to

d the Pathanbending ovey at defence ities which la

of the Ministrnt part of thespeculation

however, betigator said, another seniside the last

6 

ended it as th

t for the nignd we will re

mminencurity anent strike ono, the source

one Lashkan Nagrota fohighly place

n imminent sValley-basedxistence of tta, and what

ttack was cater wall fromuse officers a

as efforts wped inside thNorthern Co

confirmed kid that the tey may have gbe investiga

nkot airbase er eucalyptuinstallations ack even clory of Defence night and a

n that the geen unable t“with no proor military t 72 hours th

hey want to

ght, but the esume the o

nt attacat camn a high-vales said. ar-e-Taiba c

or at least twed governmstrike on a hd cell was nthe warningt additional s

arried out, bm the rear, mand their fam

were made tohe building ommand on illed in the oerrorists wergathered inteated, but it d

in January s trees planacross the c

osed-circuit ce said. an entire day

group had into identify aoper screeninofficer said,hrough the L

be fully sure

area has beoperations w

ck, spomps

lue military

cell in the Vwo weeks befment sourceshigh-value mnot involved

g has raised security mea

but the attacmilitary sourmilies, killin

o rescue oveoccupied bhow the ter

operation. re familiar welligence frodoes seem pr

succeeded innted alongsicountry. camera cove

y inside an antelligence any suspect ng”. , the attackeLine of Con

e that the are

een placedith the first

Wed, 30

otlight

target in Ja

Valley whichfore the Tue have told

military targed in Tuesdaquestions o

asures were p

ckers appearrces said. Thng an office

r a dozen soby the terrorrrorists had

with the Nagom civilians wrobable, giv

n entering itde, there ha

erage, let alo

abandoned son the baseso far. “Th

ers are thougntrol in the

ea has been

under tight light of the

0 Nov, 2016

now

ammu just

h had been esday attack The Indian

et in Jammu ay’s attack, on how the put in place

red to have he terrorists er and three

oldiers, two rists, Army entered the

grota camp with access

ven how the

t by simply as been no

one sensors

storage area e. National

housands of

ght to have Sundarbani

 

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been relative it that mucugh some rece and Armyhkar-e-Taibaon since lastallations.

nfractioince the surg

ng by Indian stealth, ach

cowardice byIndian Armg the Line o. Shamshad

ause the postine for “unsce the surgicians, have brnational Borr the earlier

an sector. In n killed and oubt about hstan’s foreig

ees Zakaria ikistan strongan soldier onse reports aressional forcthe Pakistanready to respke in the pre

ed battle actifrom the gov

en the attack s on the IB falarm about

s seen intensoss by streamvely easy forch harder to ceports spokey sources saia intelligencet year, when

on fromgical strikes

Army’s “suhieving total y mutilating

my respondedf Control to Mirza — ob

t is of a Lt. Gcheduled talkcal strikes obeen killed arder and LoC

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advisory about the situation in India being very tense, etc., and followed it up by inviting the Indian media to cover the departure of US embassy diplomats with their families at the airport, to suggest that they are leaving India. They were, in fact, leaving for their children’s summer vacation. Two months later when they returned, an advisory conveniently issued saying that the situation had improved. The mutilation/beheading of an Indian soldier in January 2013 by Pakistani terrorists, or more likely Pakistan Army regulars posing as terrorists, the Indian Army’s statements were “…we will respond at a time and place of our choosing… local commanders have been given full liberty to give appropriate responses…” However, there were no indications or reports about any appropriate responses. There were media reports about the beheaded soldier’s family expressing anguish and even not accepting his mortal remains till there was no retaliation. This time around, particularly after the Uri attack, the scenario has been very different and quite unprecedented. The government and the Army are very much on the same page, with the government launching a diplomatic offensive and the Army launching the surgical strikes, which amounted to the US Special Forces’ Operation Geronimo/Neptune Spear (to kill Osama bin Laden) multiplied by eight — minus the attack helicopters. The government has also given the Army and the Border Security Force (BSF) full leeway to respond/retaliate, which both are doing so, tellingly. Meanwhile, six officials each of both India and Pakistan high commissions, have been reverted to their countries after the activities of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spooks in India were exposed; the Pakistan Army has a new chief, Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, the junior-most of six contending lieutenant generals; Pakistani terrorists are continuing with their activities in the Kashmir Valley and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his diplomats are ranting/repeating their nonsense all over the place. After the first mutilation, the Indian Army levelled four Pakistan border posts. That was a heavy blow but probably not enough to din enough sense into the Pakistan Army, because a pattern of offensive continued. The second mutilation was obviously another act of frustration of hitting out against the punishment after Uri and the first mutilation. But the retaliation after the second mutilation of destroying over 15 has hurt the Pakistani Army hard because the high tally of fatal casualties, which include at least two Army officers. The collective impact of these three retaliations has also appeared to have registered. Because the LoC has been crossed and the targeting has been deep enough to rattle the Pakistan Army. In 2002, marking 10 years of India-Israel diplomatic relations, this writer interviewed the then Israeli ambassador to India, David Aphek. Acknowledging that India and Israel had a major common problem of terrorism, he said that Israel could not afford to wait to be attacked; Israel needed to reach out and strike before it could be attacked and that is also how it preempted attacks on its own territory. After Uri, India entered Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, legally Indian territory, deep enough to destroy seven Pakistan Army-held terrorist launch pads and thereafter pulverising 19/20 or more posts, that finally resulted in a pause. The new Pakistan Army Chief is reported to have stated that terrorism in his country is a greater threat than India. Does it mean that he will put a stop to Pakistan military-aided terrorism against India? Sounds too good to be true, but there is a report by Cyril Almeida on somewhat same lines. While the Indian Army, BSF and other security forces in the Valley, in any case will need to keep their guard up, at least it is clear that any infraction from Pakistan will be dealt with accurately and impactfully.

 

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and Artillery two (Tikka Khan and Mushraff). • Nawaz appointed five while his move to appoint Ziauddin to replace Mushraff was scuttled. • Baloch Regiment has given the maximum of four Chiefs (Yahya, Aslam Beg, Kayani and Bajwa)

Nawaz Sharif has the dubious distinction of a fractious relationship with all five Chiefs of Army Staff he has worked with, including the three that he chose himself. It started with his first handpicked choice of General Waheed Kakar (superseding four senior officers) in 1993 subsequently reneging and pressurising Nawaz Sharif to tender his resignation as the Prime Minister. The next General that Nawaz Sharif had to deal with was General Jehangir Karamat (choice of the previous Benazir Bhutto government), and soon the irreconcilable disagreement between the two flared up, leading to the general’s premature resignation. Having burnt his fingers, Nawaz wanted to play absolutely safe. He superseded a ‘pliant’ Mohajir Gen Pervez Musharraf. He soon demonstrated his independent adventurism with Kargil and finally Nawaz Sharif was bumped off and exiled in a bloodless coup. In his third return to power in 2013, Nawaz had to ‘manage’ a cold and unpredictable Gen Pervez Kayani (chosen by his bête noire, Gen Musharaf in 2007). After he ‘hung his boots as promised (after an extension), Nawaz quickly pounced upon the opportunity to make his third personal choice in Gen Raheel Sharif. Bobby (Gen Sharif’s pet name), like the new chief, was not the frontrunner and therefore seemed a ‘safe’ choice who could oblige! Except, Bobby too, would prove otherwise. He had lived his fairly illustrious military life in the shadow of his brother’s legacy, the late Major Rana Shabbir Sharif (recipient of Pakistan’s highest gallantry award, ‘Nishan-e-Haider’ in 1971 war). Bobby was always struggling to ‘live up’ to the proud legacy of his elder brother, who incidentally was the batch mate of Gen Pervez Musharraf. Belonging to the proud martial stock of the Janjua clan, Gen Raheel Sharif was the quintessential Pakistani general - barrel chested, plain speaking and perceptibly nationalistic. Soon, he would follow the independent streak that typifies the generals in the ‘Army House’ in the manicured cantonment town of Rawalpindi, as opposed to the despised politicos in Islamabad. Expectedly, General Raheel Sharif came into his own and decided on the national narrative by taking on homegrown terror (after the Peshawar school massacre) and started defining the contours of foreign policy with dashes to Kabul, Riyadh, Washington, Beijing etc. on briefs that went beyond military matters. A hapless Nawaz Sharif was often left suffering the indignity of making political retractions (post Ufa summit), policy flip-flops (with India) and getting lectured on domestic corruption (after ‘Panamagate’) by his Chief of Army Staff. Today, with the ensuing ‘selective’ war on terror, the ‘Panamagate’ expose and the flaring volatility on the LOC, made the Pakistani armed forces and Gen Raheel Sharif in particular, the real McCoy in Pakistan. By keeping his word on retirement, Gen. Sharif has further strengthened his legacy, and importantly of the Pakistani armed forces. Bobby won all the battles against the politicos, and built-up the relevance and favourable perception of the parallel institution, the armed forces. Bobby ensured that he could indulge in leisurely game hunts, whilst, the institution retains the glint in its bayonets, without having to resort to unnecessary formality and complexities of a military coup d’état. Gen Bajwa is the fourth time Nawaz Sharif has made a selection on his own. Unsurprisingly, his supposed apoliticalness and low profile ensured that he too, hopped over four generals. His credentials are eerily similar to those of Gen Raheel Sharif -- both were ‘dark horses’, both were IG (Training and Insp) before elevation, both are of Punjabi stock and supposedly, apolitical. However, a careful analysis of the Pakistani military history bears out the deep institutional truth, of a close-knit decision-making network that operates through a guarded and consultative grouping of corps commanders, which toes its own line. The military institution is larger than the individual, and the institution

 

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The HR values are belittled as just common sense but there is nothing common about common sense. Snooty family history and choice of nerds will lead to bumping heads with each other on corporate decision table. The HR methods help build capability to move the organisation rapidly and flexibly under trying times of business crisis and will set up groomed leadership on HR standards to give succor and burst the irritant bubbles of acceptance at all levels much. Fostering alternative team of leaders and emphasising personal traits and organisational aptitude will comfortably homogenise the succession initiatives and transcend the resisting obstacles on demand. Even mid-course collision of corporate governance could be dispersed when HR principles are clothed with critical appreciation and strategic relevance pronouncing contingency success plan as an essential constituent of HR policy. Moreover, nomination of the HR director will have an inbuilt differentiator among the board-level leadership to institutionalise organisational objectives, convey objective assessments and stabilise productive focus to form second-line headship. The nomination and responsibilities of the independent directors are codified under revised clause 49 of the Listing agreement by Sebi from October, 2014 in conformity with The Companies Act 2013 but practical realities will discombobulate anyone (Editorial of DH of October 29, 2016). The HR audit of the mandatory duties of the functionaries of the company secretariat will improve accountability and transparency of the board and autonomy from the proprietary management. However, the fact is many organisations do not entertain HR contribution to leadership formation and face its ramifications when dirty linen is washed in public and inner frailties are lined up. Amplification of the lawful rights of the board, management and officials by HR department will promote legitimate transparency and clarified corporate governance. Boardroom calamities, argumentative claims, legal chaos, rudderless business moves, stakeholder anxiety, lowered image and equity crash may be effectively lessened if HR systems are well-entrenched in people management from recruitment to placement, performance appraisal to job rotation, talent ma-nagement to HR inventiveness, promotion to transfers, potential endorsement to hybrid elevation and positioning to trusting. Businesses must be consci- ously willing to imbibe professionalism at all stages, and in its loathing absence, at least, cede control of them to the selected professional even at CEO's slot. The logical endpoint to this problem is that they should have stomach for such radical refor-ms and there is no prestidigitation to pass the baton to a competent person. The HR contri- bution to corporate governance is exceedingly acclaimed inter alia the immaculate examples of John Chambers of Cisco and Alan Mulally of Ford hitching their wagon to a star to state a few but Indian corporate regi-mes are yet to benchmark such demonstrated Trickle-Down precept and prudent practices inviting disastrous snags. Organically, HR can identify luminary performers, put them on fast-track career avenues, organise composite personality development, deepen core competence skills, add potential layers of inter-disciplinary experience, schedule cross-functional sojourns, intensify talent acquisition, strengthen knowledge management and arrange int-ernship with the upper echelons of the business world for formation of second-line leadership. Organisational needs Inorganically, selection of contenders in the rigorous cauldron of organisational needs, expectations and targets with reference to their promising traits, ascertained potentialities, launched amalgam of activities on record, noticeably posted glorious results, latent yen for down-to-earth identity and no-frills tendency for risking. The close-knit result-laden HR applications and interwoven contingency techniques will always preserve ethical foundation and moral superstructure of the corporate houses to hold up the topographical changes of business extension, seismological disturbances of global trade currents, technological disruptions of processes and financial misfortunes of receipts. The integral HR orientation without any discontinuity in professional organisations will make them lift out prospective leaders from the columns of administrative cavalcade to lead from the front unlike the surfaced

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corporate battles in contemporary India laying the workforce on depressing anxiety, top-brass on apprehensive stand, regulatory authorities on the vigil and the stakeholders on disheartened feelings. The modern business of organisations runs on multiple uncertainties and more often than not encounters problems with corporate governance. There is the elephant in the board room while strategies are formulated and executed and decisions are arrived at. The professional codes of HR officials rightfully enable them to efficiently put forward their contributory coordination to level off corporate governance. The modern business of organisations more often than not enco-unters problems with corporate governance.