About
Lt Col JS Sodhi (Retd)
Lt Col JS Sodhi (Retired) is a Veteran from the Bombay Sappers, Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army with over 21 years of distinguished service. He is a seventh-generation Indian Army Officer and a third-generation Corps of Engineers Officer. He is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, Pune and the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun.
He is a Civil Engineer having done his B.Tech from the College of Military Engineering, Pune and is M.Tech in Structures from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He has also done MBA in Project Management and has done L.Lb too. He has done diploma in both French and Russian foreign languages.
He has been part of a study team sponsored by the Government of India to study the Tsunami that hit the Indian coast on December 26, 2004. He has been part of rescue and relief operations in the Bhuj Earthquake that hit Gujarat on January 26, 2001.
He has been awarded the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief’s Commendation Card in 2007 and the Chief of Army Staff’s Commendation Card in 2013.
He is now an international media personality whose articles and comments on defence and strategic issues are frequently published in 40 reputed Indian and International publications and he often appears on 60 leading Indian and International television news channels, apart from many prestigious FM radio channels for discussions and talk shows.
He has been a panellist speaker in an international seminar on “From China’s 20th National Party Congress Onwards” organised by the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom on October 20, 2022 in the United Kingdom.
He has also been a speaker in various international/national conferences organised by Devi Ahilya Vishwa Vidyalaya, Indore, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Woxsen University, Hyderabad, Amity University, Noida and Jesus & Mary College, New Delhi.
He is an Awardee of “Lifetime Achievement Award” for his work in the electronic media and print media and was presented the award by Dr Kiran Bedi, IPS and ex-Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry in Hotel Vivanta by Taj, New Delhi on July 15, 2023.
He is also an Awardee of “Icon of the Year Award” for his contribution in the field of Defence & Strategic Affairs and was presented the award by Ms Aditi Govitrikar, Actor and Super-Model in Hotel Radisson Blu, Mumbai on July 28, 2023.
He features in the World Book of Records, London and in the India Book of Records for his articles in the print media and news channel appearances. He is a TEDX Speaker who gave a Ted Talk on “Self-Reliance and Hard-Work can Propel a Person to greater Success” in New Delhi on November 22, 2023.
He is Editor, Global Strategic & Defence News. The publication was awarded the “Most Credible Geopolitical Publication Award” by Hon’ble Justice Mr. Kurian Joseph, Former Supreme Court Judge of India, in Hotel Taj, New Delhi on December 17, 2023.