Lt. General Arun Kumar Sahni recently retired as a General Officer Commanding in Chief of the Indian Army. Prior to that, he served in a number of critical command and staff positions, including as Assistant Military Attaché at the Embassy of India in Moscow; as Indian military delegate for specific conferences at the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva; on critical staff at the Military Operations Directorate in Army Headquarters; and as Director General of Information Technology. For his command of the Army Corps and Command, the General was awarded the Uttam Yudh Seva Medal and the Param Vishist Seva Medal. He is currently a Distinguished Fellow at prestigious think tanks, the United Services Institution, and CLAWS. He serves as Director General of the Indian Chapter of the Club of Rome and is Vice President of the Indian Polo Association.