India's Special Operations Forces (SOF) are integral to achieving national security objectives. In light of this, discuss the role of India's SOF.

India's national security objectives include: protecting sovereignty and territorial integrity, waste deterrence against adversaries and protect civilians. Role of Special Operations Forces in achieving these objectives: 1) Neutralize enemy infrastructure in terrain/battlefield - Surgical strike 2) Create deterrence through power projection and area domination exercises 3) Store, collect and share intelligence with other agencies like IB, CRPF and army 4) Crisis situation resolution through timely interventions 5) Hot pursuit of insurgent across borders and OP sunrise in Myanmar 6) Strengthen border security by checking infiltration of terrorists 7) Engage and neutralize high value targets inside India of LET, JeM terrorists 8) Uncover nexus of terrorism with frontal organizations like NGOs and popular front of India 9) Investigate high profile terror cases like Pathankot attacks 10) Engage in extra-territorial counter against Sri Lanka, Afghanistan Special Operations Forces need to be constitutionalized through more funding, technological upgradation and improved training to cater the multi-dimensional threats