Logo

Maj. Gen. R.S. Mehta, AVSM, VSM retired from the Indian Army in May 2006, after putting in over 37, years of distinguished service. An Armoured Corps officer, he has, besides commanding an Armoured Regiment and Armoured Brigade, had the unique distinction of serving seven tenures in Jammu and Kashmir, India, in a counter insurgency and Line of Control (LC) environment. He has also commended a Rashtriya Rifles Sector (equivalent to an Infantry Brigade) in South Kashmir and an Infantry Division in North Kashmir. Gen Mehta has had variegated staff and instructional exposure during his career. He has been Chief of Staff in two separate Corps Headquarters, has been on Staff in two separate Corps Headquarters, has been on staff as a Brigadier in Army Headquarters, in New Delhi, handing a host of operational issues. His exposure in the ranks of Lt Col and Capt was also on the operational side. The officer has been an Instructor at two elite Army Institutions: at the National Defence Academy, Pune, as a Capt and Major and at the Defense Services Staff College, Wellington as a Colonel. He is a 2001 graduate of the National Defense College and visited Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Bhutan as part of the course programme. Gen Mehta is an M.Phil in Defense and Strategic Studies from Madras University. Earlier in his career, he did his Masters in English (1975) from Punjab University and in Defense Studies (1985) from Madras University. Widely read, the officer was commended for his dissertation on Revolution in Military Affairs at the NDC in 2001 and on Military Deception at the Staff college in 1985. over the years, he has written regularly on professional matters in Service journals. On retirement, he has started writing in the National Media on a host of subjects, both professional and social. Gen Mehta is passionately involved with diverse issues such as Women’s Empowerment, Prevention of AIDS, Personality Development, Leadership, the Cultural Heritage of India and Ecology, Environment and their preservation. He has been regularly speaking on these issues to students, teacher, parents, service officers and their wives. Recently, His Excellency, the Dalai Lama commended his efforts and asked him to motivate the young to preserve our Ecology when interacting with them on the scourge of AIDS and Personality development. The officer will shortly get involved with the spread of Liberal and Management Education as an administrator as well as teaching faculty in an up coming, world class, deemed University at Pune, India, termed Foundation of Liberal and Management Education (FLAME).