Rear Admiral K Raja Menon was the Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Operations). Published work include, ‘Maritime Strategy and Continental Wars’, a standard text for the Staff College. His second book  ‘A Nuclear Strategy for India’  is recommended reading for the Indian Strategic Force. His book ‘The Indian Navy: A Photo Essay’ is the official gift of the Navy. Edited books include ‘Weapons of Mass Destruction: Options for India’.  Rear Admiral Menon was a member of the Arun Singh Committee and  the National Defence University Committee.  He headed the group that wrote the Indian Navy’s New Maritime Strategy. He was the Chairman of the Task Force on Net Assessment and Simulation in the National Security Council, and is a distinguished fellow in the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies and the National Maritime Foundation.