Speaker Profile: B. S. Malik

Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Dr. B.S. Malik, PVSM, AVSM, is a graduate of the DSSC (India) and RCDS (UK) with an MSc and PhD from Madras University. He joined 5 Gorkhas after passing out from NDA in 1962 and was awarded COAS commendation at Manipur in 1975. He earned PVSM in 2001 as Chief of Staff Western Command after serving as DG NCC, Joint Secretary (Mil) and Secretary Chiefs of Staff Committee. He commanded an Independent Division in the Northern Command, a Brigade at the time of the Sino-Indian confrontation at Sumdo Rong -Wangdung in 1987-89, which earned him an AVSM in 1990. He was Director Military Operations at the Army Headquarters and Directing Staff at the Higher and the Senior Command at the College of Combat. He was selected to attend the Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) at London in 1990 and later served as Military Adviser in the UK from 1991 to 1994.

His writings have been published in various national newspapers, service journals, magazines, and websites. His essays have also been published as chapters in edited volumes. He is a member of the Governing Council of Netaji Subhash Institute of Management Sciences (NIMS), Indian Pugwash Society, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) London and he is also a life member of the IDSA and the United Service Institution (USI). He is President of the Centre for Studies in International Relations and Development (CSIRD) and Control Arms Foundation of India and is working on a project on BIMSTEC and Japan. He is currently a member of the Executive Council of the IDSA.