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.’

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General Bipin Rawat Chair of Excellence

General Bipin Rawat, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM, ADC, Padma Vibhushan (Posthumously), India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) was a legendry General who contributed significantly to the strategic security and military transformation of India. To honour the late CDS’s contribution to the armed forces COAS instituted the General Bipin Rawat Chair of Excellence (COE) on 15 March 2022.

 

Current Allottee  : Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma,  PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd). 

Topic   : “Modern Wars Future Force in Indian Context”. (ADDITION)

 

About the Scholar

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd) was commissioned in Gorkha Rifles in 1977.  He has had extensive operational experience in Jammu and Kashmir, North East and on the Western Borders. The officer had trained the Botswana Army for three years in Africa, and attended the National War College at Abuja, Nigeria. He attended the NDC at New Delhi, was Research Fellow at IDSA and has done PhD in Defence Studies. He commanded the Fire and Fury Corps in Ladakh and also was the Adjutant General of the Indian Army. He is a regular participant in seminars, lectures in various institutions, and regularly writes for newspapers and military journals. He is currently Distinguished Fellow with Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) and Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) and on the Executive Council of Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) and of Global Counter Terrorism Council (GCTC).