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| MAJOR GENERAL GD BAKSHI |
Maj Gen (Dr)
GD Bakshi, SM, VSM(retd) is a combat veteran of many skirmishes on the LC and
Counter-Terrorist operations in J&K and Punjab. He commanded his battalion
in active operations in Kargil and was awarded the Vishist Seva Medal. Later he commanded a brigade in
Counter-Terrorist operations in the very rugged mountains of Kishtwar and was
awarded the Sena Medal for his distinguished services. He subsequently
commanded the reputed Romeo Force during intensive Counter-Terrorist operations
in the Rajouri-Punch Districts of J&K in the wake of Op Sarp Vinash and
succeeded in pacifying the area. He has served two tenures at the highly
prestigious Directorate General of Military Operations (during Op Pawan and Op
Vijay) and was the first BGS (IW) at HQ Northern Command where he dealt with
Information Warfare and Psychological Operations. He is a prolific writer on
matters military and non-military and has published 35 books and over 200
papers in many prestigious research journals. His articles have also been
published in various National Newspapers. He taught at the Indian Military
Academy Dehradun and the Prestigious Defence Services Staff College at
Wellington for three years each. He taught at the National Defense College at New Delhi for
two years and retired from this prestigious assignment in Jun08. He
holds a Masters degree in Defence Science and an M Phil in Strategic Studies
from the University of Madras. He completed his Ph.D. from the same University
on” Limited Wars in South Asia”. He is an Associate member of the IDSA and a
Distinguished fellow of the Centre for Air Power Studies. He had served as the
Deputy Director Research at the Vivekananda International Foundation. He was Senior Advisor Security with the
Reliance Industries Ltd for five years(
2012- 17).
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| RETD. MAJOR GENERAL GD BAKSHI |
His books include, “Afghanistan-the First Fault line War,” “War in
the 21st Century”, “The
Indian Art of War” “The Paradox of
Pakistan”, “The Rise of Indian
Military Power: Evolution of an Indian Strategic Culture” and “Limited Wars in South Asia.” He appears
regularly on all major TV News channels on the subjects of Terrorism and National
Security. He also lectures regularly at the Army War College, National Police
Academy, IAS Academy Mussoorie and the College of Defense Management and is regularly
invited for Corporate talks on leadership and motivation. He was recently invited to the Warwick
University at UK for a Panel Discussion on ‘Indo-Pak Relations’.
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| JOURNALIST SHIKHA SHARMA WITH RETD. MAJOR GENERAL GD BAKSHI AT HIS RESIDENCE |
He was something of a
turnaround specialist in difficult combat situations.
He is currently Editor
Indian Military Review. In 2018 he was given the Madhya Pradesh Ratna award in
Bhopal and his book of poems Dances with the Cranes was short listed for the
Rabindranath Tagore Literary Award given by the Maitriya Foundation of the USA.
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| GENERAL GD BAKSHI PRESENTING HIS BOOK BOSE OR GANDHI TO JOURNALIST SHIKHA SHARMA |
BY JOURNALIST SHIKHA SHARMA
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