Major General Sanjeev Chowdhry (Retd) is the Director (Editorial) at the United Service Institution of India (USI). He is a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College (DSSC), Wellington, and the College of Defence Management. During a distinguished military career, he held several key command and staff appointments, including Commanding Officer of an Artillery Unit, Brigade Commander of a Composite Artillery Brigade, and General Officer Commanding of a Sub Area. His staff tenures included GSO-3 (Intelligence) of an infantry brigade in a high-altitude area, Brigade Major of an infantry brigade, General Staff Officer-1 of an artillery division, Director (Net Assessment) at HQ Integrated Defence Staff, Deputy Director General (Artillery) with a focus on artillery modernisation, and Brigadier Artillery of a corps in the Eastern Sector. His instructional assignments include tenures at the Special Frontier Force Academy and at DSSC. He has also served as a Military Observer with the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone. Major General Chowdhry’s professional expertise spans net assessment, soft-skills training, and career counselling. In his current role as Director (Editorial) at USI, and as a regular contributor, he shares informed strategic perspectives on geopolitics, defence, and security affairs.

Neelotpal Mishra,  Senior Research Fellow, is an alumnus of The Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham, U.K and University of Oxford U.K. He has over 25 years of work experience in industry verticals like government, information and communication. technology, hospitality, airlines, logistics, manufacturing, software product development and financial services. his expertise are information and cyber, warfare and technologies. He has a deep interest in military history and strategic affairs and has done consultancy work for various government organizations. He writes regularly on many Historical and strategic affairs topics.

Komal Chaudhary is currently the Editorial Assistant at the Editorial Section. She holds a master’s and bachelor’s degree in political science from Delhi University. Currently she is pursuing another master’s degree in Women and Gender Studies.

Vinayak Sharma, Research Assistant, is an alumnus of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and Hansraj College, is dedicated to the realms of international relations, diplomacy, and strategic thinking. With a profound interest in global affairs, geopolitics, and culture, he has been a consistent contributor to numerous publications since 2015, notably the USI Journal. He also holds a master’s degree in Defence and Strategic Studies.

Luv Yadav is the Website Manager, where he leverages his IT skills, including expertise in graphic design and HTML/CSS, to manage website updates, database administration, and web server configuration. Pursuing a Bachelor of Arts, he is keen on exploring opportunities in the IT industry. In his role, Luv is responsible for updating the website user interface, as well as managing database administration tasks such as installation, configuration, and optimisation and carrying out graphic designing.

Richa Sharma is currently an Editorial intern at the USI of India. She has recently completed her Masters in Peace and Conflict Studies. Prior to that, she was working as a journalist. Her research interests include internal security, strategic studies, peace building, cultural and theological studies.