Lt Gen S L Narasimhan, PVSM, AVSM*, VSM is an Infantry Officer who served in the Indian Army for 40 years and worked extensively on the India-China border.  He served as the Defence Attaché in the Embassy of India in China for three years. Before going to China, he qualified in the Chinese language with distinction. His expertise on China spans its international relations, internal issues, economy, defence and science & technology developments in China. Narasimhan is a former Member of the National Security Advisory Board. And, during his three tenures on the board, he worked on China and India’s national security issues pertaining to defence.  Narasimhan was the first Director General of the Centre for Contemporary China Studies, a policy-oriented inter-ministerial think tank of the Government of India for five years. He is presently a Distinguished Fellow with the Centre for Air Power Studies, India and Emeritus Resource Faculty with Rashtriya Raksha University, India. He has graduated in Mathematics, is a post-graduate in Defence Studies and has a PhD in India-China Relations.