Lt. Gen. S L Narasimhan

Lt. Gen. S L Narasimhan, PVSM, AVSM*, VSM, is an Infantry Officer who served in the Indian Army for 40 years and worked extensively along the India-China border. He served as the Defence Attaché at the Embassy of India in China for three years. Prior to his posting to China, he qualified in the Chinese language with distinction and has been an avid China watcher for the last 24 years. Lt Gen Narasimhan is a former Member of the National Security Advisory Board. During his three tenures on the Board, he worked on China and India’s national security issues, particularly those pertaining to defence. He was the first Director General of the Centre for Contemporary China Studies, a policy-oriented, inter-ministerial think tank of the Government of India housed within the Ministry of External Affairs, where he served for five years. He is presently an Adjunct Distinguished Fellow at Gateway House, Mumbai; a Non-Resident Senior Associate at CSIS, Washington, D.C.; an Adjunct Professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru; and an Emeritus Resource Faculty member at Rashtriya Raksha University, India. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, a postgraduate degree in Defence Studies, and a PhD in India-China Relations.