Lieutenant General S L Narasimhan, PVSM, AVSM*,
VSM was commissioned into the Madras Regiment in 1977.
He served as the Defence Attaché in the Embassy of India in
China for three years and has worked extensively on the India-
China border, including commanding a Corps in North East
India. He was the Commandant, Army War College, Mhow
prior to his superannuation in May 2016. His expertise on
China spans its international relations, internal issues,
economy, defence and science & technology developments in
China. Lieutenant General Narasimhan is a former Member
of the National Security Advisory Board. He was the first
Director General of the Centre for Contemporary China
Studies, a policy-oriented inter-ministerial think tank of the
Government of India for five years. He is presently Adjunct
Distinguished Fellow with Gateway House, Mumbai,
Distinguished Fellow with the Centre for Air Power Studies,
India and Emeritus Resource Faculty with Rashtriya Raksha
University, India. He has graduated in Mathematics, is a
post-graduate in Defence Studies and has a PhD in India-
China Relations.
