Occasional Papers

  1. The standout features of Occasional Papers will be as follows:
    • 1.1  The papers will be of 8000 to 12000 words.
    • 1.2  The paper has to be on a contemporary topic related to India’s defence and security, or happenings in the world affecting the domains of Aerospace, Nuclear and India’s Neighbourhood (Immediate and Extended).
    • 1.3  The Editor of the contents of the paper will be the concerned Vertical Supervisor, with the DG being the Chief Editor.
    • 1.4  Every Occasional Paper will undergo mandatory Plagiarism check, AI check & copy editing. The procedure for these checks will be the same as that followed for other publications. The Supervisor may follow up on the checks to avoid any delay.
    • 1.5  Every Occasional Paper will be an e-publication, but since writing an Occasional Paper entails heavy academic work, it will have Endnotes as prescribed in CAPSS’s Guidelines on Citations.