Rear Admiral Sudarshan Y Shrikhande, AVSM, (Retd)
was commissioned in July 1980. During his long service, he
commanded IN ships Nishank, Kora and Khukri. He is a
post- graduate (with distinction) of the Soviet Naval War
College (1988), DSSC Wellington (Scudder Medal), Naval
War College and of the US NWC with highest distinction
(2003) winning the Levy, Bateman and Forrestal Prizes. He
was the Defence Adviser in Canberra with concurrent
accreditation to four other South Pacific nations from end
2004 to early 2008. He contributes as a strategic analyst and
post retirement is involved in teaching strategy formulation,
operational art, force structuring, leadership, ethics and diverse
military subjects in several military and civilian institutions.
He is associated with the Vivekananda International and
Observer Research Foundations as well as FINS and the
Stimson Centre, Washington DC. He has participated in
Track 2 dialogues with a few countries as well as in other
national and international conferences.
