As IDSA Members Vote on Name Change, Pressure Mounts to Accept Govt's 'Manohar Parrikar' Move The former Defence Ministerâs name was added to the 56-year-old institutionâs name by the Union government without consulting or seeking the approval of its executive council as mandated by the Societies Act. IDSA in New Delhi. Photo: www.idsa.in Security11 hours ago New Delhi: On Thursday, members of the Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses will finally get to vote on whether the Narendra Modi government was right to bypass the institute’s executive council in naming the think-tank after Manohar Parrikar, the former defence minister who died in March 2019.