Speaker
Colonel Ajai Shukla (Retd.)
Journalist | Military Analyst | Former Tank Corps Officer
Colonel Ajai Shukla (Retd.) is a leading defense analyst, columnist, and journalist, specializing in strategic affairs, military policy, and geopolitics. A former Indian Army officer (1979-2001), he served on multiple borders, including J&K, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, and Rajasthan, and was part of a UN Peacekeeping Mission in Mozambique.
Post-retirement, he worked as a war correspondent and news anchor for NDTV (2001-2008), covering conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria. His writings appear in Mint, The New York Times, The Guardian, BBC, Al Jazeera, and South China Morning Post, and he runs the widely-read defense blog Broadsword.
He is currently working on two books—one on India’s military structure and battle-readiness (Penguin) and another on the Tibet-Arunachal border’s geopolitical history.
Sessions
Day 1 - 14th March, Friday @ The Nilgiri Library Outdoor
🕥 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
Colonel Ajai Shukla moderates a discussion with Dr. Srinath Raghavan, Air Vice-Marshal Arjun Subramaniam, and Rear-Admiral Sudarshan Shrikhande, exploring India’s military history, defense strategies, and evolving geopolitical challenges.”