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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Management


USI Management

The three Service Chiefs serve as Vice Patrons of the Institution. Management is vested in a Council composed of 24 members, ten of whom are ex-officio and fourteen are elected for a period of three years. The Executive Committee, which consists of a chairman and at least seven members chosen from the Council, is responsible for executing the policy guidelines provided by the Council. The Director General is the Chief Executive of the Institution and also serves as the Member-Secretary of both the aforementioned bodies.

The USI Council

Vice Patrons

General Upendra Dwivedi, PVSM, AVSM

       

Chief of the Army Staff

 

Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, PVSM, AVSM, NM

        

Chief of the Naval Staff

Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh, PVSM, AVSM

        

Chief of the Air Staff

Council

 

 

 

President

Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, AVSM, VM, VSM

       

Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee

Vice Presidents

Lieutenant General Pushpendra Singh AVSM, SM**

        

Vice Chief of the Army Staff

 

Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan, AVSM, NM

        

Vice Chief of the Naval Staff

Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari SYSM, PVSM, AVSM, VM

        

Vice Chief of the Air Staff

Ex-Officio Members

Shri Rajesh Kumar Singh, IAS

 

Defence Secretary

 

Lieutenant General Zubin A Minwalla, UYSM, AVSM,YSM

 

Chief of the Integrated

Defence Staff (Doctrine, Organisation & Training)

Lt Gen Sukriti Singh Dahiya, SM, VSM

 

Chief of Staff, Army Training Command

Commodore Saket Khanna

 

Commodore (Naval Training)

Air Vice Marshal II Kuttappa, VM,VSM

 

Assistant Chief of the Air Staff Operations (Strategy)

Elected Members

Lieutenant General Vinod Bhatia, PVSM, AVSM, SM (Retd)

 

 

 

Major General lan Cardozo, AVSM, SM (Retd)

 

 

Lieutenant General Satish Kumar Dua, PVSM, UYSM, SM, VSM (Retd)

 

 

Lieutenant General Devendra Pratap Pandey, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd)

 

 

Lieutenant General Arun Kumar Sahni, PVSM, UYSM, SM, VSM (Retd)

 

 

Lieutenant General Rakesh Sharma, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd)

 

 

Lieutenant General Raj Shukla, PVSM, YSM, SM (Retd)

 

 

Lieutenant General Ajai Singh, PVSM, AVSM (Retd)

 

 

Vice Admiral Sanjay Mahindru, PVSM, AVSM, NM (Retd)

 

 

Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd)

 

 

Air Marshal (Dr) Rajesh Kumar, PVSM, AVSM, VM (Retd)

 

 

Air Marshal (Dr) Rajeev Sachdeva, AVSM (Retd)

 

 

Smt Smita Purushottam, IFS (Retd)

 

 

Shri Sanjay Singh, IFS (Retd)

 

 

Member Secretary

Vice Admiral SJ Singh, SVSM, PVSM, AVSM, NM, PhD (Retd)

 

Director General, USI

Executive Committee

 

 

 

Chairman

Lieutenant General Vipul Shinghal, AVSM, SM

 

Deputy Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff (Doctrine, Organisation & Training)

Members

Those indicated by@ above

 

 

Member Secretary

Vice Admiral SJ Singh, SVSM, PVSM, AVSM, NM, PhD (Retd)

 

Director General, USI

USI Staff

 

 

 

Director General

Vice Admiral SJ Singh, SVSM, PVSM, AVSM, NM, PhD (Retd)

Director  (Permanent Staff Basis)

Major General SB Asthana, SM, VSM (Retd)

Centre for Courses

 

Squadron Leader RTS Chhina, MBE (Retd)

Centre for Military

History and Conflict Studies

Director (Consultant Basis)

Major General Rajendra Singh Yadav, VSM (Retd

Centre for Security

Studies and Simulation

 

Major General (Dr) Pawan Anand, AVSM (Retd)

Centre for Emerging Technology for Atma Nirbhar Bharat

Major General PK Goswami, VSM (Retd)

Centre for United Nations Studies

Major General Sanjeev Chowdhry (Retd)

Editorial

Group Captain Sharad Tewari, VM (Retd)

Administration