Air Vice Marshal Rajesh Isser, AVSM, VM (Retd) is an experienced military aviator with extensive operational and combat experience in Sri Lanka (IPKF), Siachen Glacier, Kargil War and Congo (UNPK 2003-04). He has been a Task Force Commander in many rescue and relief operations all over India including Uttarakhand 2013, Ladakh 2010, Andhra-Karnataka 2009 and Arunachal Pradesh 2000. He has also done operational rescue work in South Asian and African countries. An author of three books, he has more than 50 articles to his credit in national and international journals on diverse subjects such as disaster response, peacekeeping, counter-insurgency, irregular conflicts etc.