Pradeep Singh Chhonkar, SM, VSM is a serving Infantry Officer. He has rich experience of Counter-insurgency Operations in both the North East and Jammu and Kashmir. Among other staff and command appointments, he has served as a staff officer in the Directorate General of Military Intelligence, where he was responsible for integrated intelligence analysis particularly pertaining to insurgency in the North East. He has undertaken a number of research projects in various domains related to insurgency dynamics in North East India. He has spent considerable time studying security-related issues in the North East. Brig. Chhonkar has researched on a wide range of topics including “India’s Nuclear Deterrence Policy” in 2004 and “Emergence of Red Corridor in the Indian Heartland – Implications on National Security: Should the Army Wait or Get Involved”, in 2012. He attended the Brazilian Army International Strategic Studies Course at Rio de Janeiro, in 2014, where he authored a number of papers and conducted research on "New Paradigm of Terrorism in 21st Century".