Sudarshan Shrikhande

RAdm Sudarshan Shrikhande studied in De Nobili School, Dhanbad is a graduate from NDA and was commissioned on 01 Jul 1980. He opted for early retirement from the Navy after 36 years on 10 July 2016 and now lives in Goa. He graduated from the Defence Services Staff College in 1995 and was awarded the Scudder Medal by Madras University for his MSc (Strat Studies) and Peter Mitchell (Third) Prize from the Royal Australian Navy. He is a graduate of the Naval Higher Command Courses at the College of Naval Warfare. He is also a 2003 graduate of the US Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, where he was the first foreign officer to graduate with highest distinction, was class president and was awarded the Robert Bateman and Jerome E Levy first prize and the James Forrestal Seminar prize. Besides having written several papers on professional subjects while in service, he writes for military magazines, think-tanks and websites in India and Abroad, a few websites and has been teaching a capsule of up to eight lectures on the works and ideas of the Masters of Strategy. In addition, he regularly lectures on operational art, RMA, leadership and ethics at the NWC, Goa, the DSSC, the college of Defence Management, the College of Air Warfare, Army War College, Naval Academy and Elsewhere. He was the Editor-in-chief, of Indian Naval Despatch (INDES) from 2020-2026.