N C Vij

General N.C. Vij was the Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army from 2003 to 2005. He was the Director Genewral of Military Operations during the Kargil war in 1999 and was responsible for coordinating the operations of the Indian Army and the withdrawal of Pakistani troops from the war zone. During Operation Parakram, following the terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament, he was the Vice Chief of Army Staff and coordinated the largest mobilisation of the Indian Army. After his superannuation, he was deputed by the government to set up the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) with the rank of a Cabinet minister. Subsequently, he became the director of the Vivekananda International Foundation, a think tank based in New Delhi. He is the author of The Kashmir Conundrum: The Quest for Peace in a Troubled Land.