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Colonel Pankaj Bhagwati

Colonel Pankaj Bhagwati was commissioned into Gorkha Rifles in 1997. An alumnus of NDA and a graduate of Defense Services Staff College. An expert in mountain and glacial warfare and qualified commando instructor, he led counter-insurgency operations, participated in the Operation VIJAY (1999) and Operation PARAKRAM (2001), and logged 1,000+ hours as a combat aviator operating across India's sensitive borders. He was an instructor in Army War College and also served as Director in Army Wargaming Center. Post-retirement, Colonel Bhagwati was a global lead in the Big4 and was Chief Operating Officer at Microtex Energy. In 2026 he founded Novastra Technologies, which is oriented towards defence manufacturing.

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