Lieutenant General (Retd.)V R Raghavan is the Director of Delhi Policy Group. It is a non profit organisation supported by the corporate sector of India. He served in the Indian Army for thirty seven years until 1994. As the Director General of Military Operation, from 1992 to 1994, he made a significant contribution to strategic planning and field force management of the army. He was closely involved in the formation of the Sino-Indian Accord on maintaining peace on the borders, and in the series of negotiations with Pakistan on the Siachen Glacier dispute. He was the Commanding General in the Siachen Glacier and Kargil sectors during some of the intense combat actions in the area.
The general is the author of books on the history and evolution of India’s army. His Monograph, ‘India’s need for Strategic Balance’, and the essay on ‘Limited War and Nuclear Escalation in South Asia’, have received wide attention. His books ‘Infantry in India’ and ‘Siachen–Conflict without End’ have become essential reading in military colleges. He is closely involved in Conflict and Peace Studies and in Nuclear Risk Reduction projects.
General Raghavan is a Member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London. He graduated in 1968 from the Royal Military College of Science and the Army Staff College, in UK. He has been a Fellow of the Henry L. Stimson Centre, Washington D.C. and of the Centre for International Security & Cooperation at Stanford University. He is a visiting lecturer at the principal defence services colleges and strategic institutes in India, Japan, UK and USA. He is often on the television and radio for discussions on defence and security issues. He writes regularly in the media on strategic issues.
