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Lt. Gen. (Retd.) '''Vasantha R. Raghavan''' is | Lt. Gen. (Retd.) '''Vasantha R. Raghavan''' is a former Indian military general and now a security consultant. He retired as the director general of military operations in 1994, having served in the [[Indian Army]] for 37 years. After retiring from the army, he has written several books and is currently the director of the Delhi Policy Group and president of the Centre for Security Analysis in Chennai.{{When?|date=June 2022}} | ||
==Military career== | ==Military career== | ||
Raghavan was commissioned in the [[Punjab Regiment (India)|Punjab Regiment]] in 1957. He graduated in 1968 from the [[Royal Military College of Science]] and the [[Staff College, Camberley|Army Staff College]] in the UK. He was the commanding general in the [[Siachen]] and [[Kargil district|Kargil]] sectors during some of the intense combat actions in the area. He was closely involved in the formulation of the [[Sino-Indian accord]] on maintaining peace on the borders and in the series of negotiations with [[Pakistan]] on the [[Siachen dispute]]. As director general of military operations, he | Raghavan was commissioned in the [[Punjab Regiment (India)|Punjab Regiment]] in 1957. He graduated in 1968 from the [[Royal Military College of Science]] and the [[Staff College, Camberley|Army Staff College]] in the UK.{{When?|date=June 2022}} He was the commanding general in the [[Siachen]] and [[Kargil district|Kargil]] sectors during some of the intense combat actions in the area.{{When?|date=June 2022}} He was closely involved in the formulation of the [[Sino-Indian accord]] on maintaining peace on the borders and in the series of negotiations{{When?|date=June 2022}} with [[Pakistan]] on the [[Siachen dispute]]. As director general of military operations, he was closely involved in strategic planning and field force management{{When?|date=June 2022}} of the army. He was awarded the [[PVSM]], [[UYSM]], and [[AVSM]] honours{{When?|date=June 2022}} by the Government of India. | ||
== | ==Publications== | ||
Raghavan has written four books | Raghavan has written four books since retiring from military service: | ||
*''By the Land and Sea: A History of the Punjab Regiment'' | *''By the Land and Sea: A History of the Punjab Regiment'' | ||
*''India’s Need for Strategic Balance'' | *''India’s Need for Strategic Balance'' | ||
*''Infantry in India'' | *''Infantry in India'' | ||
*''Siachen: Conflict Without End'' | *''Siachen: Conflict Without End''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/book-review-lt-general-v.r.-raghavan-siachen-conflict-without-end/1/219789.html|title=Book review: Lt-General V.R. Raghavan's 'Siachen: Conflict without end'}}</ref> | ||
He has also edited several books: | |||
*''Internal Conflicts in Myanmar'' | *''Internal Conflicts in Myanmar'' | ||
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*''The Naxal Threat: Causes, State Responses and Consequence'' | *''The Naxal Threat: Causes, State Responses and Consequence'' | ||
*''Conflict in Sri Lanka: Internal and External Consequences'' | *''Conflict in Sri Lanka: Internal and External Consequences'' | ||
*''Conflicts in the Northeast: Internal and External Effects'' | *''Conflicts in the Northeast: Internal and External Effects'' (jointly edited with Sanjoy Hazarika) | ||
*''Jammu and Kashmir - Impact on Polity, Society and Economy'' | *''Jammu and Kashmir - Impact on Polity, Society and Economy'' | ||
*''Post Conflict Sri Lanka - Rebuilding of Society'' | *''Post Conflict Sri Lanka - Rebuilding of Society'' | ||
In his book on the [[Siachen conflict]] | He has also edited more than a dozen other books and written numerous articles on strategic issues relating to India's security. | ||
==Later activities and security advocacy== | |||
In his book on the [[Siachen conflict]], he argues that neither India nor Pakistan gain a strategic advantage from the occupation of the [[Saltoro]] range and proposes a road map for conflict resolution.<ref>V.R.Raghavan, ''Siachen: Conflict Without End'', Viking, New Delhi, 2002</ref> His piece on "Limited War and Nuclear Escalation in South Asia" in the ''Nonproliferation Review'' in 2001 concluded that there was a high probability of a nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan in the event of a direct military conflict between the two countries.<ref>V.R.Raghavan, "Limited War and Nuclear Escalation in South Asia," ''The Nonproliferation Review'', Fall-Winter 2001</ref> Raghavan was a member of the independent Commission on [[Weapons of mass destruction|Weapons of Mass Destruction]] set up at the initiative of the [[Government of Sweden|Swedish Government]] and headed by Dr. [[Hans Blix]]. The Commission released a report, entitled "Weapons of Terror: Freeing the World of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Arms in 2006", which proposed that nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons be outlawed and discussed the options for achieving this goal.<ref>Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, final report, ''Weapons of Terror: Freeing the World of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Arms'', Stockholm, Sweden, 1 June 2006</ref> | |||
He was also a member of the Government | He was also a member of the Indian Government's Review Committee of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, which had been opposed in [[Manipur]] and other parts of [[North-East India]].{{When?|date=June 2022}} Although the government has not published the committee's 2005 report, it was reported that the panel recommended that the act be repealed. Raghavan has argued that security should be viewed in terms of [[human security]] in societal, environmental, economic, and political terms,{{When?|date=June 2022}}{{Where?|date=June 2022}} instead of the narrow military perspective. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||