Rear Admiral Sudarshan Y. Shrikhande , AVSM, IN (Retd)

RADM Shrikhande is a 1979 graduate of the National Defence Academy. His qualifications include Masters in Weapon and Sonar Engineering from the Soviet Naval War College, (1985-88); M.Sc Indian Staff College (1995), MPhil from the Indian Naval War College and highest distinction from the US Naval War College (2003) and a PHD from Mumbai Univ (June 2025) for his thesis on sea-based nuclear deterrence for nuclear deterrence stability for India.

He has commanded three ships. He has been a defence attaché in Australia and the South Pacific. Ashore, he has held a variety of operational and training assignments. In flag rank, he served as Chief of Naval Intelligence, Chief of Staff, SNC, Joint HQ staff duties, and, in the nuclear forces command, as Flag Officer for Doctrines and Concepts.

In retirement since 2016, he is a visiting professor at several institutions, including NDC and CDM. Staff and War colleges spanning strategy, operational art, RMA, Peloponnesian War, Indo-Pacific geopolitics, leadership and ethics and Atmanirbharta/Self-Reliance in defence production. He has participated in Track 2 discussions with some countries, attended various national/international conferences and workshops, and written for national and international journals. He is a visiting professor at the Naval War College, Goa; Honorary Senior Fellow with ANCORS, Wollongong and a Distinguished Fellow at the Australia-India Institute, University of Melbourne.