Lt Gen Raman Dhawan

The writer, AVSM, VSM and Bar is an Army veteran. During his distinguished military career, spanning over four decades, he has tenanted a number of command and staff appointments in counter insurgency and proxy war environment in the North East and Jammu & Kashmir. He commanded his Regiment on Siachen Glacier and Kargil and a Mountain Brigade in counter insurgency operations in Manipur and was nominated to raise an Infantry Division in Arunachal Pradesh specially tasked to counter the Chinese threat. He has also been an instructor at the School of Artillery and Indian Military Academy and served with the United Nations. He is currently President of the National Adventure Foundation, an NGO which works closely with the Ministry of Youth Affair & Sports.