Op Sindoor was like orchestra where all musicians played in synergy: Army Chief

Operation Sindoor was a “trusted orchestra” where every musician played a “simultaneous or synergistic role”, and that is how in 22 minutes, the Indian armed forces could destroy nine terror sites, Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi said.

In his address at a convocation ceremony of a Delhi-based management institute on Saturday, he also said the military operation reflected a “foresight” to anticipate change as the situation unfolded. It was “a response shaped not in the moment, but through years of imagining how intelligence, precision and technology could converge into action,” he said.

India launched the military operation early on May 7 and decimated multiple terror infrastructure in Pakistan and PoK. Pakistan also launched offensives against India, and all subsequent counter-offensives by India were also carried out under Operation Sindoor.

The military conflict between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, lasting nearly 88 hours, halted after they reached an understanding on the evening of May 10.

“Op Sindoor was a trusted orchestra where every musician played a simultaneous or a synergistic role. That is how in 22 minutes, we could destroy nine terrorist targets and, we could in 80 hours make sure that the battle comes to an end. But what is more important, there was no time for decision making, had we not visualised, and had we not trusted the entire team,” the Army Chief said.

On November 17, at an interactive session here, he had said, “On Operation Sindoor 1.0, I would say that the movie had not even begun, only a trailer was shown, and after 88 hours the trailer was over.” In his address at the ceremony hosted by New Delhi Institute of Management here, General Dwivedi told the gathering of graduating students to lead with “wisdom, humility and power”.

“So as you step forward today, remember the world will never stand still, markets will shift, technology will evolve, and your own ambitions will also change. Yet within that motion lies your greatest strength, the courage to learn, the agility to adapt and the vision to lead with a purpose,” he said.

The General's address was themed on “Navigating Change: The Real Constant” and he touched upon the aspects of evolving global dynamics, technology as a disruptive force and reflections for the road ahead.