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Squadron Leader RTS Chhina, MBE (Retd)

Squadron Leader Rana T.S. Chhina served in the Indian Air Force as a helicopter pilot. He is currently Director of the United Service Institution of India (USI) Centre for Military History and Conflict Studies. The author of a number of books, he was Vice President of the Indian Military Historical Society (2004-2020), and a member of the Government of India’s Archival Advisory Board. He is a member of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Independent Advisory Panel and is actively engaged in promoting the preservation of India’s rich tangible and intangible military heritage. A recipient of the Macgregor Medal for best military reconnaissance, he was appointed an Honorary Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2016 and an Officer of the Belgian Order of Leopold in 2018.

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Lt Cdr Atul Bhardwaj, PhD (Retd)

Lt Cdr. Atul Bhardwaj, PhD (Retd) is currently Deputy Director, Centre for Military History and Conflict Studies, USI. He is a Visiting Research Fellow at City St George’s, University of London, since 2019; a former Fellow at the Prime Ministers Museum and Library, New Delhi; a former Research Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, Delhi; a former Senior Fellow at the Indian Council of Social Science Research, Delhi; and currently an Adjunct Fellow at the Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi. He is the author of India–America Relations 1942–62: Rooted in the Liberal International Order (Routledge, London, 2019). He has been writing a Strategic Affairs column in Economic and Political Weekly since 2013 and has several publications in national and international journals. He holds a doctorate in History from Ambedkar University, Delhi; a graduate degree in War Studies from King’s College London; and a BSc from the National Defence Academy, Pune.

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Cdr Bhavna Salaria (Retd)

Cdr Bhavna Salaria (Retd) is a Senior Research Assistant at the Centre for Military History and Conflict Studies (CMHCS), USI. She is an alumnus of INS, Mandovi (erstwhile Indian Naval Academy). With a 14 -year tenure in the Indian Navy’s Logistics Cadre, she brings a wealth of experience from her varied appointments. Post retirement, she has worked both with Public Sector Undertakings and Start-up. A high achiever, she is a gold medallist in her Bachelor’s degree and holds an MBA. Pursuing her passion for dance, she is currently studying Kathak at Prayagraj University.

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Rakesh K Agnihotri

Project Assistant

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Mrs Bharti Negi

Project Assistant

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Pradeep Kumar Gautam (Retd) is a war veteran of 1971 (Bangladesh). He is an Honorary Distinguished Fellow at CMHCS. He has written extensively on environmental security, water, climate change, military affairs, and Tibet.He has authored edited chapters, articles and monographs on Kautilya’s Arthashastra, Kamandaka’s Nitishastra, and The Kural. He is the co-editor of three volumes of Indigenous Historical Knowledge: Kautilya and His Vocabulary. He is a subject matter expert for the College of Defence Management. 

Col P K Gautam

(Retd)