Exercise Shakti

About Exercise Shakti:

• It is a joint military exercise between India and France
• It is a biennial event conducted alternatively in India and France.
• It is the 8th edition of Exercise Shakti and last time it was held in India.
• The aim of the exercise is to enhance joint military capability of both sides to undertake Multi Domain Operations in a Sub Conventional scenario.
• The joint exercise will facilitate developing interoperability, bonhomie and camaraderie between armies of both the nations.
• The exercise will enable the two sides to share their best practices in tactics, techniques and procedures of conducting joint operations.
• Other Joint Exercises between France and India are Exercise Desert Knight, Exercise Varuna and  Exercise Garuda.