A former Indian Army officer on how simulation supports training, planning and decision-making, and where graphics fits in.
- Date: 4 April 2026
- Format: Technical talk (1 hour)
- Speaker: Lt. Col. (Retd.) Suhas Malanavar
- Attendance: ~25
Lt. Col. (Retd.) Suhas Malanavar, who served about ten years in the Indian Army, spoke about how simulation is used in defence training, planning, systems evaluation and decision support, especially for problems that are too costly, risky or impractical to study repeatedly with real hardware.
Drawing on his own experience, he described how simulated environments support training, scenario evaluation and understanding of complex land and air domains. The discussion highlighted the growing role of real-time graphics, visualisation, digital environments and AI-assisted systems, and showed how visual computing reaches far beyond media and entertainment.