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Lt Gen
Shokin Chauhan (Retd)
President, Executive Council, CISA
Lieutenant General Shokin Chauhan, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM, PhD (Retd.) is a former Director General of Assam Rifles and Chairman of the Cease Fire Monitoring Group for Nagaland and Northeast India. Commissioned into 11 Gorkha Rifles in 1979, he served for nearly four decades in the Indian Army, commanding 1 Corps, 8 Mountain Division and 70 Infantry Brigade, with extensive operational experience in counter-insurgency, counter-terrorism and border management.
An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Defence Services Staff College, Army War College and National Defence College, he holds a PhD from Panjab University on India–Nepal strategic relations. A former Defence Attaché to Nepal, his research interests include Northeast India, insurgency and peace processes, border security, military diplomacy, India–Nepal relations and the Act East Policy. He is the author of Bridging Cultures: Northeast India’s Role in Furthering India’s Act East Policy.
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Bridging Cultures: Northeast India’s Role in Furthering India’s Act East Policy
Author: Lt Gen Shokin Chauhan | 2026 | ISBN: 978-81-997728-0-9
The latest book by Lt Gen Shokin Chauhan presents India’s Northeast not merely as a frontier, but as the country’s natural bridge to Southeast Asia. Drawing on years of engagement with the region, particularly through service with the Assam Rifles, the book explores the Northeast’s deep historical, cultural, economic and strategic connections with Myanmar and the wider Indo-Pacific. It argues for transforming geography into connectivity, commerce and enduring partnerships while strengthening national integration, development and security. The book was released at the United Service Institution of India, New Delhi, on 30 September 2026 by General Anil Chauhan, former Chief of Defence Staff, marking an important milestone in a wider conversation on India’s Act East Policy.
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