Brigadier Amul Asthana (Retd) was commissioned
into 11 Gorkha Rifles in 1981 and was the
Officiating Commanding Officer and Second in
Command of the "Bravest of the Brave" 1/11
GR in Operation Meghdoot and in Operation
Vijay in 1998 - 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 Gorkha Rifles 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.
