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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Founder Editor, Mission Victory India (MVI) 

Col Vinay Baliram  Dalvi was commissioned in 4 Maratha LI in Jun 1971 and served with the unit for 8 years till Jun 1979 when he transferred into APTC.  He served with APTC for 29 years and retired in Jun 2008 after serving 37 years in the Army. The officer is settled in Pune.

Post-retirement, for the past 15 years the officer has been deeply involved in writing articles and compiling debates on various subjects of military importance especially selection, training and grooming of military officers which have been published by numerous leading newspapers and defence magazines.

The officer is the author and editor of seven books published by Pentagon Press, New Delhi titled: Role Model - A Key to Character Development ( 2010), Sun Tzu's Art of War ( 2012) and 5 volumes of Victory India Campaign books ( 2012- 2019). The officer has been Associate Editor of a defence magazine  Fauji India for the past 7 years since 2016.

He is the brainchild and founder editor of Mission Victory India (MVI) founded in May 2020. MVI is a defence news portal, think tank and website that has published over 2000 articles and debates basically on military subjects, defence strategy, Geopolitics, military history, PME, etc.MVI has a  readership of over 2 lakh worldwide and is connected with the large number of serving defence officers, veterans, Press, and readers in India and around the world.

The Mission Victory India Website enjoys the patronage of several renowned senior veterans of the three services including Chiefs of the three services. Late Defence Minister Shri  Manohar Parrikar was a supporter of the Victory India Campaign. Vol 3  of the book titled  ' A campaign called Victory India ' has his message. MVI also published 12 monthly issues of Victory India Magazine from July 2020 to Jun 2021 which was highly appreciated. Mission Victory India has a single aim and objective - quality military leadership at all levels through enhanced military knowledge!

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