Results for “Amit Chandra”

…the military. For much of the 1950s, when Dayan was chief-of-staff, his right-hand-man was a Haganah veteran named Meir Amit. In 1961, the term of Dayan’s successor as chief of staff, Haim Laskov, was coming to an end and Amit was in the mix to get the top job. He was already Hea...

…of the day. Even better, it would be beginning to get dark, perfect conditions for the ambush. But as we were waiting, Amit radioed me with a question from from Dado and Motta. “Where’s the armored car?” It’s still there, at the bottom of the road, I told them. “But there’s noth...

…he mission from a command post in northern Israel. We were in nearly real-time contact through a sayeret officer, named Amit Ben-Horn, right across the border. A first vehicle appeared at around 10:30 in the morning. Bibi radioed us. It was a Lebanese army armored car with a sin...

…the military. For much of the 1950s, when Dayan was chief-of-staff, his right-hand-man was a Haganah veteran named Meir Amit. In 1961, the term of Dayan’s successor as chief of staff, Haim Laskov, was coming to an end and Amit was in the mix to get the top job. He was already Hea...

…the military. For much of the 1950s, when Dayan was chief-of-staff, his right-hand-man was a Haganah veteran named Meir Amit. In 1961, the term of Dayan’s successor as chief of staff, Haim Laskov, was coming to an end and Amit was in the mix to get the top job. He was already Hea...

…sh Bharti Mittal, vice-chairman and managing director of Bharti Enterprises, along with speakers Anu Aga of Thermax and Amit Chandra of Bain Capital gave their perspectives on how and where to give effectively and on the future of Indian philanthropy. Edited excerpts: Rakesh Mit...

…their own money, and after a few years when they become credible, bring it to the others and ask for money from them.” Amit Chandra is managing director of Bain Capital and responsible for the firm’s India initiative. He is also chairperson of the Akanksha Foundation that works...

” I said when I radioed Amit to tell him. “Pre-

…gin until September, and it had been assumed at first that the operation would happen before then. But even though Meir Amit was pressing the rest of the military brass for a final go-ahead, it still hadn’t arrived by early August. Avraham decided he needed a fall-back plan. He c...

demanded a meeting with Dado before our attack in Rue Verdun. Amit died in the fighting near Ismailia, at the northern end of the canal, as Arik Sharon’s units pushed on after the crossing. The day before the end of the war, both Amitai and Amiram Levin were part of an operation...

…g. Even allowing for the fact it rained less in the Sinai, we had to address the risk. I went to see the people in Meir Amit’s technology unit, and they began developing a waterproofing system for the equipment. The main problem with the equipment, however, was its sheer weight....

demanded a meeting with Dado before our attack in Rue Verdun. Amit died in the fighting near Ismailia, at the northern end of the canal, as Arik Sharon’s units pushed on after the crossing. The day before the end of the war, both Amitai and Amiram Levin were part of an operation...

his right-hand-man was a Haganah veteran named Meir Amit. In

Meir Amit’s successor as Head of Military Intelligence

Amit radioed me with a question from from Dado