Bio
Lt Gen Ramesh Halgali was born in Karnataka in 1952. He graduated from the Indian Military Academy and was commissioned in First Battalion the Sikh Light Infantry in Dec 1972. He has attended Defence Services Staff College, Higher Command Course at Army War College, National Defence College and Senior Fellowship Programme at the Atlantic Council in Washington DC accredited with US War College. He is an M.Phil. from DAV Institute of Management, Indore. He commanded First Battalion the Sikh Light Infantry, an Infantry Brigade and an Infantry Division on the Line of Control in Kashmir. He was also the Corps Commander of a Corps in Punjab. Thereafter, he was the Director General Military Training and later was the Deputy Chief of Army Staff at Army Headquarters.
He has been awarded the President’s Sena Medal Gallantry for displaying courage and bravery in the face of enemy in 1992. He was also awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal and Param Vishisht Seva Medal for his outstanding & distinguished service to the Army and nation. He was instrumental in bringing peace and stability in war torn Kashmir during the peak of insurgency. He conceptualized and integrated communications and Information Technology in the field Army. He enhanced diplomatic and military programmes with foreign countries and ushered in greater focus on strategic affairs and United Nations Peace Keeping Missions world over. He enhanced infrastructure development and force multipliers in keeping with the spirit of Nation Building.
At the age of 59, he performed a solo skydive from over 12000 feet with only four hours of training. This record breaking jump is featured in the Limca Book of Records 2013 edition.
He is the Co-Founder of Catalytic, a Strategic Multi-disciplinary Think Tank, operating from Bangalore in the peninsular India region.