Maj Gen Mandip Singh, SM, VSM retired after 38 yrs of distinguished service in the Indian Army. He is a third generation soldier & served in the Regiment of Artillery. He was awarded the Sena Medal & Vishist Sewa Medal for his distinguished service by the President of India.

He was Dy Comdt, IMA   the Dean at the Army’s premier institution, the Army War College & ADG Rashtriya Rifles before his retirement.

He was also Colonel Commandant of the Regiment of Artillery.

The General is a Visiting Fellow at the Mercator Institute of China Studies (MERICS) , Berlin and is a Senior Fellow at Centre for Land & Warfare Studies ( CLAWS) as well as a Distinguished Fellow at United Services Institute (USI), New Delhi. In his early years, he was a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA), a leading MoD think tank.

He has almost 15 years of experience in studying China & the PLA.

Post retirement he worked with a start-up as it’s  President becoming the first listed drone company on the BSE. He is presently,   setting up the Defence vertical of DC& T Global Ltd, a part of a large conglomerate of companies, in the data center, energy storage & autonomous systems space. He is also Advisor, Technology Business Incubation Foundation at IIT, Ropar, where he offers his services in hand- holding the start-up ecosystem in the defence sector & an Advisor to AKCJ Ventures, a global venture capitalist firm.

He continues to write in various international & national journals & periodicals . He lectures on geo-political, leadership, drones & defence issues at leading universities & military institutions.