GU to train students in anti-terror tactics

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In a first of its kind in India, the Gujarat University to introduce a counter-terrorism course in April
By Yogesh Avasthi
Posted On Monday, December 08, 2008 (Ahmedabad Mirror Cover Story)

In a move that promises to turn the current education system on its head, the Gujarat University is all set to introduce in its curriculum a course dealing in counter-terrorism.The Mumbai attack of November 26 has proved — once again — how easy it is for terrorists to strike anywhere in India at will, thanks to ineffective information gathering units of our security agencies.


The Gujarat University top brass has realised that not only is it foolhardy to depend solely on the security agencies for our protection, it is also imperative to act as fast as possible to draw a counter-plan. The need of the hour, according to the University’s vice-chancellor Dr Parimal Trivedi, is to train the young generation in dealing with terror “at a level slightly above basic.”


Starting April 2009, the University will introduce a one-year post-graduation diploma course called Internal Security Management Studies that will focus mainly on intelligence, internal security and counter-terrorism.The course will also deal with anti-terror laws across the globe, various modes of information gathering, tactics adopted by the feared intelligence agencies like Mossad of Israel, and case studies of some of the most heinous terror strikes around the world.


The course, a version of which can be studied after class XII itself, has been designed in consultation with “the best brains in defence and internal policing,” according to Dr Trivedi.The faculty will include past and present officers from the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the state Intelligence Bureau, officers from the Gujarat Police, and the defence personnel.The course will be conducted at the University’s Defence Hall, which was created around one year ago with an aim to impart military-related education to students.


Dr Trivedi, who has introduced around 122 courses over the last three years, said lack of scientific training in criminal investigation prompted him to introduce a counter-terrorism course in the GU.“We are dealing with new-age terror through ancient tactics. We need a new approach... an approach through science and technology, apart from thorough intelligence gathering.


That would be the aim of this course,” Dr Trivedi said.He also said students opting for this course will have an edge over others when it comes to jobs in the police services or even in the intelligence agencies.

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