Lt Gen Dr DB Shekatkar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd)
Former Director General of Perspective Strategic Planning, Army Headquarters
Former 'Chhatrapati Shivaji Chair Professor' in Department of Defence and Strategic Studies, University of Pune
National President of Forum for Integrated Security of India
Former Director of Centre for Advanced Strategic Studies (CASS), Pune
Maj Gen SCN Jatar (Retd)
Director, Videocon Industries Limited
Member, Indian Council of Arbitration (MICA)
President, Nagrik Chetna Manch
Maharashtra Coordinator, North-South Education Foundation, USA
Brig Hemant Mahajan, YSM (Retd)
He was commissioned into 7 Maratha Light Infantry on 15 June, 1975. He commanded a Brigadier in intense insurgency areas. He was a Directing Staff of Higher Command Wing in Army War College 2006 to 2009. He has appeared on the electronic media. His articles on national security are frequently published in leading Marathi news papers. He has recently published a book on "Naxalism China's Proxy War on India". He appears on TV Debate on news channels.
Shri SH Kopardekar
Presently Associate Director at Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture, Pune, Maharashtra
India : In charge of International Business and Relations, Civil Aviation, Foreign Trade Regulations, Information
Technology Committees and CEO Forum
Shri Ramesh Paranjpey
Chief Executive Officer, Voltas Air International Ltd., Pune (6 years)
Winnter of "Bry-Air Systems Design Award"
Winner of Danfoss/Global chain award 2012
Articles in PDF version on the website http://ramesh-paranjpey.com
Maj Gen SG Pitre (Retd)
Maj Gen Shashikant Pitre was Commissioned into Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army in 1962. He has participated in the 1965 and 1971 wars and the IPKF operations in Sri Lanka during 1987-90. General Pitre has been a prolific writer. His columns appear widely in Marathi dailies on military matters. He has also authored a book on the Kashmir Imbroglio, titled "Domel Te Kargil" in Marathi, which was adjudged as the best book of 2001 by Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad, a prime literary forum
Govind Kulkarni
Govind Kulkarni served as a Full Time Faculty in the Department of Defence and Strategic Studies, University of Pune, Pune. He authored and privately published a book on nuclear strategy entitled “North Korean Nuclear Crisis”. He is founder and owner of Athena Academy of Geopolitics, Pune (India). Athena Academy of Geopolitics is a specialized movement to comprehend the effects of geography on International Politics. As an athlete, Govind Kulkarni is state level competitive open sea swimmer with a proven capability to swim nonstop 3 km in open sea waves. He has also been a privileged paraglider pilot.