The United Service Institution of India was founded in 1870 by a soldier scholar, Colonel (later Major General) Sir Charles MacGregor. The story of its growth is the story of the growth of the Indian Armed Forces. It was founded for ‘furtherance of interest and knowledge in the art, science and literature of the Defence Services.’

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United Service Institution of India

UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION OF INDIA

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Board of Management

USI Management

The three Service Chiefs serve as Vice Patrons of the Institution. Management is vested in a Council composed of 24 members, ten of whom are ex-officio and fourteen are elected for a period of three years. The Executive Committee, which consists of a chairman and at least seven members chosen from the Council, is responsible for executing the policy guidelines provided by the Council. The Director General is the Chief Executive of the Institution and also serves as the Member-Secretary of both the aforementioned bodies.

The USI Council

Vice Patrons

 
  • General Upendra Dwivedi, PVSM, AVSM 

Chief of the Army Staff
  • Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, PVSM, AVSM, NM

Chief of the Naval Staff
  • Air Mshl AP Singh, PVSM, AVSM 

Chief of the Air Staff

President

 
  • Lt Gen JP Mathew, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM

Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee

Vice Presidents

 
  • Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM – 

Vice Chief of the Army Staff
  • Vice Adm Krishna Swaminathan, AVSM, VSM -

Vice Chief of the Naval Staff
  • Air Marshal SP Dharkar, PVSM AVSM

Vice Chief of the Air Staff

Ex-officio Members

 
  • Shri Giridhar Aramane, IAS  –

Defence Secretary
  • Lt Gen Vipul Singhal, AVSM, SM

Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Department of Training)*
  • Lt Gen DS Kushwah, AVSM, SM

Chief of Staff  ARTRAC *
  • Cmde Sumeet Kapoor NM

Naval Training
  • AVM Anjan Bhadra,VM – 

Assistant Chief of Air Staff Operations (Strategy) *

Elected Members ( 01 Jan 2023 – 31 Dec 2025)

 
  • Lt Gen Jatinder Singh Bajwa, PVSM, UYSM, SM (Retd)

 
  • Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia, PVSM, AVSM,SM (Retd) *

 
  • Brig Rumel Dahiya, SM (Retd) *

 
  • Lt Gen Satish Kumar Dua, PVSM, UYSM, SM, VSM (Retd)

 
  • Lt Gen Rajiv Bhalla, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM (Retd)

 
  • Lt Gen Rakesh Sharma, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd) *

 
  • Lt Gen Raj Shukla, PVSM, YSM, SM (Retd) *

 
  • Lt Gen Ajai Singh, PVSM, AVSM (Retd)

 
  • Vice Adm Anil Kumar Chawla, PVSM, AVSM, NM, VSM (Retd)

 
  • Vice Adm Satish Soni, PVSM, AVSM, NM (Retd) *

 
  • Wg Cdr Umesh Chandra Jha (Retd)

 
  • Air Mshl Rajeev Sachdeva, AVSM (Retd) *

 
  • Capt Ramiah Rajagopalan, IFS (Retd) *

 
  • Shri Asoke Mukerji, IFS (Retd)

 

Note :- * Ex Officio Members and remaining 14 Elected Members of USI Council.

Member Secretary

 
  • Maj Gen Bal Krishan Sharma, AVSM, SM*(Retd)

Director General USI

Executive Committee

 
  • Lt Gen Vipul Shinghal, AVSM, SM –

Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Department of Training) – Chairman

Those marked above with * are Members
  • Maj Gen Bal Krishan Sharma, AVSM, SM** (Retd)

Director General USI – Member Secretary

Staff

 
  • Maj Gen BK Sharma, AVSM, SM** (Retd)

Director General
  • Maj Gen PK Goswami, VSM (Retd)

Deputy Director General

Director - (Permanent Staff Basis)
  • Maj Gen SB Asthana, SM, VSM (Retd) –

Director Courses
  • Sqn Ldr RTS Chhina, MBE (Retd) –

Director Centyre for Military History and Conflict Studies

Director (Consultant Basis)
  • Maj Gen Rajendra Singh Yadav, VSM (Retd)

Director Centre for Strategic Studies and Simulation
  • Maj Gen (Dr) Pawan Anand, AVSM (Retd) –

Director Centre for Atmanirbhar Bharat
  • Maj Gen Sanjeev Chowdhry (Retd) –

Director Editorial
  • Gp Capt Sharad Tewari, VM (Retd) –

Director Administration
  • Mrs Anita Midha

Librarian