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Col DPK Pillay, PhD, Shaurya Chakra, is a decorated war veteran and a third-generation soldier commissioned into one of India’s oldest regiments. After being severely wounded in combat during counter-insurgency operations in Punjab, Kashmir, Assam and Manipur, he transitioned to high-level strategic governance, serving in the Ministry of Defence and shaping policy matters at the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS).
His international humanitarian and diplomatic footprint includes serving with the International Red Cross in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, and acting as an International Research Advisor to the Korean War Memorial Organization. A Korea Foundation Fellow, he is an alumnus of Fordham University and the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.
