Gautam Banerjee

During the course of his long and distinguished service in the Indian Army's Corps of Engineers and the General Staff, Lieutenant General Gautam Banerjee, PVSM,AVSM,YSM (Retd) has served in all of India's the remote border areas and has participated in all operations undertaken by the Army since 1971. In the later part of his career, Gen Banerjee was the Chief Engineer, Western Army Command, the General Officer Commanding of the Madhya Bharat Area and the Chief of Staff, Central Army Command. Before superannuating after 40 years of distinguished service, he was the Commandant of the Officers' Training Academy, Chennai. The General has been a prolific student of military strategy, leadership and futuristic warfare and his writings are acknowledged as thought provoking. During his service days, he has made singular contributions in a range of Army's modernisation and transformational studies. Post superannuation, the General remains engaged in confabulations with the international think tank community, besides writing, speaking and participating in security related seminars and workshops in India and abroad. He is a Member of the Executive Council and a Distinguished Fellowat the Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi, a Mentor with many think tanks in India and abroad, and a Consulting Editor in India's most prominent defence journal, the 'Indian Defence Review', New Delhi. Besides authoring over one hundred articles and papers on military strategy, organisation and history, the General has so far published four rather well received books including one on contemporary military strategy, one based on his first hand knowledge of the Maoist rebellion and the third on the People's Liberation Army in Tibet. His engagements also include the Trusteeship in two Trusts working on soldiers' welfare and morale.