Maj Gen RPS Bhadauria, VSM (Retd)
Head Centre for Strategic Studies and Simulation (CS3) 

He is presently Head of Centre for Strategic Studies & Simulation (CS3) at United Service Institution of India, New Delhi. He regularly conducts strategic gaming exercises for National Defence College, Army War College and Indian Foreign Service Institute. He retired from the faculty of National Defence College, New Delhi in Feb 2016 after serving in the Indian Army for 36 years. General has vast experience in anti-terrorist operations both at policy formulation and execution level. He has commanded a mountain division and brigade. He has held many prestigious staff appointments at Command and Army Headquarters. He has the unique experience of raising two large formations i.e. Division and Mountain Corps. He holds a Master of Philosophy Degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from Madras University, India. He has attended course on Politics and Strategic Affairs at Escola Superior de Guerra in Brazil. General has deep interest in researching and writing on security environment in Indo Pacific region particularly in South Asia.

Dr (Mrs) Roshan Khanijo
Assistant Director (Research)

Her academic qualification includes BSc, MA and PhD. Her area of interests is strategic issues particularly Nuclear Strategy, Nuclear profile of Nuclear Weapon States, Armament, Disarmament, Niche technologies etc. She has authored and edited books, monographs, occasional papers namely, “Complexities and Challenges of Nuclear India”, “The Indo-Pacific Region: Security Dynamics & Challenges”, “Iranian Nuclear Conundrum”, etc. She has been a panellist in various national and international panel discussions and a guest speaker at Air War College, Hyderabad, Southern Naval command, Kochi, OP Jindal Global University, etc. She was the member of the study team which did the Net Assessment on China, South Asia, Pakistan, etc for HQIDS.

Major General Jagatbir Singh, VSM (Retd)  
Distinguished Fellow

Major General Major General Jagatbir Singh was commissioned into 18 Cavalry in December 1981, a Regiment he has subsequently commanded. He has held various command, staff and instructional appointments and has served in varied terrains. Amongst his command assignments was conversion of an Armoured Brigade to an Arjun profile in the Desert Sector and command of an Armoured Division. He has been an instructor at the Indian Military Academy and served twice both as an Instructor and Senior Instructor and Head of Training Team in Defence Services Staff College. He has been writing articles on security related issues post retirement which have been published in various newspapers and magazines.

Major General VK Singh, VSM (Retd)
Distinguished Fellow

Major General Major General VK Singh, a fourth-generation army officer, was commissioned into The Scinde Horse in Dec 1983.  The officer has vast staff experience which include Brigade Major of an Assam Rifles Sector, DAQMG at Indian Military Training Team, Bhutan, Director Coordination at the Directorate General of Mechanised Forces, Army HQs, Col GS(Operations) of an Armoured Division, Deputy Military Secretary, BGS (Operations), Pivot Corps and MGGS (Operations), HQ Southern Command. His command experience includes command of an Independent Recce Squadron, the distinction of being the first Armoured Corps Officer to command an Assam Rifles Battalion in Manipur and Nagaland, as well as the first General Cadre Officer to command a Strategic Forces Brigade. He has commanded an Infantry Division (RAPID). A post graduate from DSSC, he has attended the Higher Command Course at the Army War College and is an alumnus of the National Defence College. The officer has regularly written on National Security. He has authored and conducted number of strategic wargames. He has also conceptualised and conducted exercises with troops in the plains and desert sector.

Major General Rajendra Singh Yadav, VSM (Retd)
Distinguished Fellow

Major General Rajendra Singh Yadav, VSM, a President’s Awardee from the National Defence Academy, served an illustrious 38 years with the Infantry. He has rich operational experience of CI/CT operations and both Pak and China fronts. He was also a Defence Attache of India in the Middle East. Post superannuation, he has been Vice Chancellor of a University. Has travelled 24 countries, and has deep interest in International Relations, with specialisation in West Asian region. He is now a Distinguished Fellow with USI of India.

Gp Capt A Dogra 
Senior Research Fellow

Gp Capt Aseem Dogra was commissioned in the Aeronautical Engineering branch of IAF in November 1993. He is an M Phil in Defence and Strategic Studies from Panjab University, M Sc from Madras University and Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engg from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur. His Master’s dissertation was on ‘Indo-Russian Relations in the Emerging World Order’.

Gp Capt Dogra is a graduate of DSSC, Wellington and has also attended the Higher Command Course at Army War College, Mhow. He has extensive experience on aeronautical engineering, ranging from O-level to D-level maintenance of Russian fighter aircraft fleets. He has tenanted various field, instructional and staff appointments in the maintenance hierarchy of IAF. He commanded Air Force Liaison Establishment, co-located with HAL (Nasik) and mandated to act as an interface between IAF and HAL.

He is presently studying “India’s One China Policy – Need for a Change” as a part of his research fellowship at USI, New Delhi.

Col KS Rohil      
Senior Research Fellow

Col KS Rohil was commissioned into the Ordnance Corps in Dec 1994. A graduate from the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, the Officer has had varied staff, command and instructional experience. He has had extensive Comd experience of over 8 years in three Comd tenures. The offr has done Inf attachment in active LC and counter insurgency areas in Kashmir and Commanded the 25 Inf DOU for over 3 years. The offr has commanded a field OMC along China Border and a Regional Ordnance Depot in the Eastern Command. The Officer is a paratrooper and has served with 50 (I) Para Bde, at IHQ of MoD and Indian Military Academy. He is presently pursuing Research Fellowship at the United Service Institution of India, New Delhi. He is working on the project “Development of Terrain Friction in own Territory by River Interlinking”.

Ms Gitanjali Sinha Roy       
Research Assistants

Gitanjali Sinha Roy is a Research Assistant at the Centre for Strategic Studies and Simulation (CS3) at the United Service Institution of India, New Delhi, India. She is also pursuing her PhD at the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi with specialisation in Japanese Studies. Previously, she was a Research Assistant at the Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), New Delhi, India. She has been a visiting Monbukagakusho (MEXT) Scholar at the University of Tokyo. Her interest areas comprise of India and Japan’s Foreign Policy, Security Strategy and Diplomacy, India-Japan Relations: Maritime Security and Strategy in the Indo-Pacific and Southeast Asian and South Asian Politics, Security Strategy and Diplomacy.

Ms Samriddhi Roy       
Research Assistants

She is a Research Assistant at the Centre for Strategic Studies and Simulation (CS3), United Service Institute of Indian (USI), New Delhi, India. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in History from Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University and has completed her Master’s in Conflict Analysis and Peace-building from Jamia Millia Islamia. She had previously worked as a Young Scholar at Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi and as a Research Intern at Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi. Her research interests are primarily to deconstruct and explore deep-rooted complexities and policy challenges facing the South Asian region, India’s neighbourhood and China, Pakistani Politics, hard power and cultural diplomacy.

Col Manik Trivedi        
Senior Research Fellow

Col Manik Trivedi is an Armoured Corps Officer, an alumni of Indian Military Academy (1994) and Defence Services Staff College, Wellington. The officer commanded 53 Armoured Regiment in desert sector. In his vast career has had cross functional exposure in challenging Staff and Command appointments. His last billet has been Deputy Commandant WARDEC responsible for developing IT enabled war-games. He is perusing Research Fellowship from USI wef Oct 2021 on Indo- Nepal Relationship in the backdrop of emerging Chinese influence.

Col Akhil Rathee       
Senior Research Fellow

Col Akhil Rathee was commissioned in 501 AD Gp (SP) in December 1994. He has wide operational, regimental, staff and instructional experience. He commanded his parent unit, has served as GSO 1 (Ops) of an AD Brigade in Strike Corps, AQ of Rashtriya Rifles Sector and as an instructor Class B and C in Army Air Defence College. He served as a Staff Officer in United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.Col Akhil Rathee is a graduate of Defence Services Staff collage. He has also completed his MBA from Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University.   He is presently pursuing research fellowship at USI of India, New Delhi. His topic for research is “Countering Chinese Hegemony in Asia and in Archiving History of Indian Army” at USI of India.