High altitude Warfare school - Wikipedia High altitude Warfare school This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( April 2009 ) High Altitude Warfare School Type Military Academy Established December 1948 Location Gulmarg, Jammu & Kashmir, India The High Altitude Warfare School ( HAWS ) is a training and research establishment of the Indian Army. In 1948, Indian Army established a ski school in Gulmarg which later became the High Altitude Warfare School of the Indian army specialising in snow -- craft and winter warfare. It is one of the most famous warfare academies of the world. Selected soldiers from the UK, Germany and other countries visit regularly for specialist training. Contents 1 History 2 Training 3 See also 4 References History The school was established in December 1948 by General Kodendera Subayya Thimayya, then holding the rank of Brigadier. It was initially known as the 19 Infantry Division Ski School. During the winter of 1949 - 50, the school was redesignated as a Command Establishment and renamed as the Winter Warfare School. On 8 April 1962, it was upgraded to a Category A Training Establishment and adopted its current name. Training HAWS offers two training programmes, the Mountain Warfare course and the Winter Warfare course. The Mountain Warfare course is conducted in Sonamarg between May and October each year. The Winter Warfare course is conducted in Gulmarg between January and April. The two courses train personnel in High Altitude warfare, counter intelligence and survival skills. Army personnel deployed to the Siachen Glacier and to other high altitude forward posts on the Himalayan borders go through the courses. HAWS is the nodal instructional facility for specialized training and dissemination of approved doctrines in mountain, high altitude and snow warfare. The training programs at HAWS are open to personnel of the armed forces of friendly countries. See also Mountain warfare References ^ Jump up to : `` Recruitment and Training ''. Ministry of Defence, Government of India. Retrieved 2011 - 10 - 28. Jump up ^ Pandit, Rajat ( 1 May 2004 ). `` High - altitude warfare school takes global aim ''. Times of India. New Delhi. Retrieved 9 February 2015. Jump up ^ `` India 's snow warriors ''. UPI Asia. 2010 - 01 - 22. Retrieved 2011 - 10 - 23. Jump up ^ `` High - altitude warfare school takes global aim ''. The Times of India. 2004 - 05 - 01. Retrieved 2011 - 10 - 28. Indian military academies and colleges Education & training Sainik School, Kunjpura Sainik School Armed Forces Medical College Ajmer Military School Bangalore Military School Belgaum Military School Chail Military School Dholpur Military School Rashtriya Indian Military College Tri Service Defence Services Staff College National Defence Academy National Defence College Indian Army Army Cadet College Army War College College of Military Engineering Counter-Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School High Altitude Warfare School Indian Military Academy Military College of Telecommunication Engineering Officers Training Academy Indian Air Force Air Force Academy Indian Air Force Test Pilot School Indian Navy Indian Naval Academy Military academy Military education and training This article about a university or college in Jammu and Kashmir, India is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This military article about the Indian Armed Forces is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=High_Altitude_Warfare_School&oldid=785961302 '' Categories : Indian Army Military academies of India Military education and training in India India university stubs Indian military stubs Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from April 2009 All articles needing additional references India articles missing geocoordinate data All articles needing coordinates All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 16 June 2017, at 12 : 51. About Wikipedia

Question: high altitude warfare school of indian army is located
Answer: Gulmarg