Brigadier Amul Asthana (Retd) was commissioned into
1/11 GR in 1981 and was the Officiating
Commanding Officer and Second in Command of this
"Bravest of the Brave" unit in Operation Vijay in
1999. The Battalions’ saga of operations spanned a
huge area, with numerous challenging ridge lines. Besides
his service with the unit, he has been an Instructor at
Infantry School, Mhow and served with WARDEC,
the Wargaming Centre of ARTRAC. He commanded
the 11 GR Regimental Centre in Lucknow and retired
in 2015 after 34 years in what he calls ‘the most
exciting career in the world’. Currently he is working as
“Vice President Projects” with Zen Technologies
Limited and doing development projects in military
training systems, simulators and war gaming.
