Lieutenant General Shokin Chauhan, PVSM,
AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM (Retd) was
commissioned into the 11 Gorkha Rifles in
December 1979. He has served as the Defence
Attache’ in Indian Embassy, Kathmandu,
Nepal. He later commanded 1 Corps and was
the Director General of Assam Rifles thereafter.
He was awarded a PhD Degree post retirement
for his comprehensive thesis on Indo-Nepal
Strategic Relations in the 21st Century from the
Punjab University, Chandigarh.
