the Armed Forces. Journal of Defence Studies, IDSA. ● Reintegration versus Reconciliation, STRAITS TIMES, 23 Mar 2010, Singapore. IDSA Issue/ Policy Briefs ● Profiling the Taliban Threat to India, June 2, 2009. ● Tackling or Trailing the Taliban: An Assessment, July 20, 2009. ● Countering the Naxalites, June 11, 2010.. ● New Vocabulary and Imagery, August, 3, 2010. ● Afghanistan: Firewall is Better than Partition, October 7, 2010. ● A Passage through India? October 21, 2010. ● Professional Military Education : The First Steps in the Indian Context, November 30, 2010. ● Forging India’s Hard Power in the New Century, January 24, 2011. IDSA Web Commentaries ● Fighting the Taliban : Challenges for Pakistan Army, May 01, 2009. ● The Pakistani Taliban: An existential or a passing threat ?, September 23, 2009. ● Re-strategizing the Afpak Campaign, October 22, 2009. ● Defence Acquisitions: The Question of Systemic Inefficiencies, December 3, 2009. ● AfPak : Muddled Strategies and Expectations, December 11, 2009. ● Pakistan ISI: The Patron and the Victim, December 24, 2009. ● The Hard Lesson of Chintalnar, May 10, 2010. ● Learning from Times Square: Socialising the Counter Terrorism Approach, May 31, 2010. ● Always in the Line of Fire, June 22, 2010. ● Indo Pak Rapprochement: Unexplored Option of Military to Military Engagement, June 25, 2010. ● AFSPA: A Soldier’s Perspective, July 6, 2010. ● Kashmir: Time to Ring the Bell, October 13, 2010. ● Managing the 3Ms of Military Readiness, January 24, 2011. RSIS Web Commentaries ● India’s Pune Blast: Hinting of another 26/11, RSIS Commentary No 21. ● Reintegration versus Reconciliation in Afghanistan, RSIS Commentary No 3. Misc Papers ● Article titled “India’s Defence: The Shifts we are Truly Missing”,Business & Economy Magazine, Feb 2011. ● Article titled “Naxalism” in Hindustan Times (Hindi Edition) published on June 13, 2010. ● Article titled “Forging India’s Hard Power in the New Century”, CLAWS Journal published in Nov, 2011. ● Thesis on “Shaping a Comprehensive Politico Military Guidance in The Indian Context” in NDC Journal, Volume-35, Number-3, Year-2014. Honours and decorations The Officer has been awarded with the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) in 2021, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM) in 2017, Yudh Seva Medal (YSM) in 2005, Sena Medal (SM-G) for gallantry in 1984 and Vishist Seva Medal (VSM) in 2016. Dates of rank See also List of serving generals of the Indian Army References Living people Indian