Deepak Sethi

Deepak Sethi served in the Indian Army for 31 years, and took early retirement in the rank of Brigadier General in 1997. A veteran of the India-Pakistan War of 1971, he later commanded an artillery regiment in a high-altitude sector on the India-China border, and an artillery brigade on the border with Pakistan. During his military career he earned the Master of Management Sciences and the Master of Science degrees, as well as a Post-graduate Diploma in Management from leading universities in India. He was the Editor of The Artillery Journal, and also scripted, anchored, and produced a motivational film for the Army - Pause to Ponder: Ethics Values and the Soldier.

Following his retirement from the Indian Army, he earned his PhD in Strategy and International Management from the University of Texas at Dallas in 2001. Since then he has been a professor at the University of Texas at Dallas, Oakland University in Michigan, and Old Dominion University in Norfolk. His research has been published in top US academic journals. He writes extensively on geopolitical and International Business issues, focusing especially upon South Asia, China, and the USA.