G G Dwivedi

Major General G G Dwivedi (Sena Medal, Vishisht Sena Medal & bar) is an Indian career soldier, academician, journalist, author and social worker. He retired in 2009 from the Indian Army (Infantry) as Assistant Chief Integrated Defence Staff after 38 years.

Early life and education
Dwivedi was born on 1 July 1951 at Kolkata. He is the grandson of physician Rai Sahib Dr. Dewan Chand Dwivedi, and son of Sh. O P Dwivedi, Indian National Army veteran and social activist. In his primary schooling he joined Sainik School, Amaravathinagar. Later he was admitted to the National Defence Academy. He holds an M Sc in Defence Studies and dual M Phil in Defence and Strategic Studies from Madras University and Ph. D in International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. Besides Interpretership in Chinese from the School of Foreign Languages, he obtained "Art & Practice of Leadership Development" from Harvard Kennedy School" and "Leadership Development in Public Life" from Kansas Leadership Centre, USA.

Academic career
In his academic career Major General Dwivedi has achieved a big recognition all over the world. presently Major General Dwivedi is working as professor in Centre of West Asian Studies, Aligarh Muslim University, and also Chairman, Faculty of International Studies.

Military career
A veteran of the Bangladesh War, Dwivedi served on assignments at Siachen Glacier, J&K and North East. He also held the assignment as Defense Attache to China for 3 years, from 1997 to 1999.

Dwivedi has been on the faculty of Indian Military Academy, Dehradun and Defence Services Staff College, Wellington. He is a visiting faculty at the Foreign Services Institute, Delhi, Himachal Institute of Public Administration, IIM Kashipur, Management Development Institute Gurgaon, and Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management and Punjab University Chandigarh. A member of notable think tank institutes/centres, Dwivedi regularly guest speaks at centres of excellence both in India and abroad.

Published works
Dwivedi has authored books on military history and edited books on leadership; and published over 100 articles including book chapters, on geostrategy, international relations and leadership, in leading professional journals and national dailies. He is an alumnus of the National Defence College.

He has authored and edited books and his reference comes in many books like, Peace and Stability in Asia-Pacific Region: Assessment of the Security.

Many of his articles have been published in various news papers. His notable articles includes "Battle for supremacy", "Nothing is ever lasting", "A tale of two cities", "Go in for caliberated responses", "Having car-free roads on Sundays", "Two shades of autumn", "‘Can’t bury the future", "Passing on", and "India’s National Security: Annual Review 2009" He presented a keynote conference address on "Utilizing Military Veterans to add value to developmental initiatives in Rural and Semi-Urban Areas" on May 6, 2014 at Observer Research Foundation. The new article published on 3rd Aug 2015 The Prez who wanted to be a billionaire

His articles has been published in Wikileaks titled "Indian Article Discusses China's Foreign Policy To Oppose Rival Powers in Asia" Article by G. G. Dwivedi, former Assistant Chief of Integrated Defence Staff: "Checkmating the Dragon's Growing Influence" - Political and Defence Weekly. He has delivered lectures at Boston University.

He has been Head of Spectator Services of Search Results at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in India.