Vivek Sehgal, VSM (Retd) was commissioned into the Indian Army in December 1979. He also served as a Brigade Major in a Brigade deployed in Punjab for Counter terrorist tasks in 1991-1992 and Colonel General Staff of a Division deployed in Counterinsurgency operations in Assam. The officer has, in addition to the command of his parent battalion, 8th Battalion the Rajputana Rifles, also raised 43 Rashtriya Rifles, trained, and commanded the battalion when deployed in the counterinsurgency grid in Jammu and Kashmir. A three-year tenure as Brigadier General Staff (China) as part of REDFOR (Red Force) in the Army training Command afforded him an opportunity to undertake extensive study on the Chinese Armed Forces. He superannuated in March 2016 as the Commandant of the prestigious Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School. He is currently a Distinguished Fellow with the Centre of Land Warfare Studies, an independent think tank delving in security studies at national, regional, and global levels.