Philip Campose , PVSM, AVSM**, VSM retired in August 2015 as the Vice Chief of Army Staff, after an illustrious career spanning over four decades in the Indian Army. Commissioned into the 9th Gorkha Rifles of the Infantry in 1974, he was later transferred into the Mechanized Infantry in 1982. Gen Campose held important command, staff and instructional appointments across the length and breadth of the country during his career. These included Director General Perspective Planning at Army Headquarters and GOC-in-C of the Western Command. Post-retirement, he chaired the Ministry of Defence appointed tri-service committee on ‘Review of Security of Defence Establishments’ convened in the wake of the terror attack on Pathankot airbase in January 2016. Gen Campose writes extensively in professional journals. He is currently the Chief of Army Staff Chair of Excellence at the Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS).