Major General (Dr) AK Bardalai, commissioned into the Indian Army on 11 June 1977, is a graduate of the National Defence Academy, Pune and Defence Services Staff College Wellington. General Bardalai commanded an infantry battalion in Siachen Glacier, an infantry brigade in the mountainous terrain and counter-terrorism operations in North East India and later commanded an infantry division in the western theatre. He was the Commandant of the Indian Military Training Team in Bhutan from October 2011 to January 2014. He has rich experience as a UN Military Observer in Angola, Director of UN Peacekeeping at Integrated HQs of MoD (Army), a Research Fellow (UN Peacekeeping) with United Service Institution (USI) of India, New Delhi and the Deputy Head of the Mission and Deputy Force Commander in UNIFIL (Lebanon) from March 2008 to March 2010. Post retirement, he is actively engaged in the academic study of UN Peace Operations. He holds a PhD in UN Peace Operations from Tilburg University (the Netherlands).
