Air Marshal (Dr) Diptendu Choudhury is an alumnus of the Royal College of Defence Studies UK, MA from King’s College, London, M Phil and  PhD.  An experienced fighter pilot who has commanded several combat units, held various appointments involved with air operations at strategic, operational and tactical levels, and policy formulation and strategy development, and led three international air exercises with the US, France and UAE. He retired as Commandant of National Defence College, New Delhi, and is an avid air power scholar, writer and speaker, on strategy, air power, national and international security matters. He has authored the book- Indian Air Power: Contemporary and Future Dynamics.