Shokin Chauhan

Shokin Chauhan

Lieutenant General Shokin Chauhan — PVSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM — is a decorated former director-general of Assam Rifles and chairman of the Ceasefire Monitoring Group in Nagaland, India's turbulent northeastern state bordering Myanmar. Commissioned into the 11 Gorkha Rifles in 1979, he commanded key formations including 1 Corps, 8 Mountain Division and 70 Mountain Brigade, with extensive experience in counter-insurgency in Kashmir and Northeast India. He was also a founding member of the Indian Army’s public outreach and was a key leader of the Additional Directorate General of Public Information (ADPI). Chauhan was defense attaché to Nepal where he strengthened Indo-Nepal military ties. A noted scholar with a PhD on Indo-Nepal relations, he authored Bridging Borders and is a sought-after speaker. He has received five presidential awards and is affiliated with leading Indian think tanks and universities.

 

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