, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd) a second generation officer is an NDA alumnus and a highly decorated Armoured Corps officer with over 39 years of distinguished military service including a tenure in a UN mission. He was the Strike Corps Commander and Director General of Mechanised Forces. As a renowned scholar warrior, he has authored over a hundred publications on national security and matters of defence, besides two books and is an internationally renowned keynote speaker. The General was a Consultant to the Ministry of Defence (Ordnance Factory Board) post-superannuation. He is presently the Distinguished Fellow and holds the COAS Chair of Excellence at the Centre for Land Warfare Studies. He is also the Senior Advisor Board Member and Executive Director to several organisations and Think Tanks.