The United Service Institution of India was founded in 1870 by a soldier scholar, Colonel (later Major General) Sir Charles MacGregor. The story of its growth is the story of the growth of the Indian Armed Forces. It was founded for ‘furtherance of interest and knowledge in the art, science and literature of the Defence Services.’
28th Col Pyara Lal Memorial Lecture on the topic “Indian Army’s Decade of Transformation: Indian Army in Stride with the Future” held at Major General Samir Sinha Auditorium at the USI. General Upendra Dwivedi, PVSM, AVSM, Chief of the Army Staff, delivered the lecture.