Lt. Gen. Dushyant Singh, PVSM, AVSM (Retd.) was commissioned into the 9th Battalion of the Maratha Light Infantry Regiment in December 1981. He is an alumnus of the National Defence College, Defence Services Staff College, College of Defence Management and the Naval Postgraduate School in California, USA, and attended the Regional Defence Counter Terrorism Program in the US with a specialisation in terrorist operations and financing. He has served in varied terrains and theatres of operations in India and with the United Nations as a military observer, and was an instructor of human resource development at the College of Defence Management, Secunderabad.

The General commanded an infantry battalion, a brigade and a division in Jammu and Kashmir. He holds the distinction of serving twice with the elite National Security Guard — as Deputy Inspector General (Operations) and Inspector General (Operations) — and has been Brigadier General Staff of a Corps in the East and Chief of Staff, Eastern Command. He went on to command a corps and then headed the Army War College. For his distinguished service he was awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal and the Param Vishisht Seva Medal.

A regular contributor to defence journals and newspapers, he has written chapters in "Understanding Suicide Terrorism", "Countering Terrorism: Psychological Strategies" (Sage Publications) and "Life and War Strategies of Maharana Pratap". His book "Grey Zone Warfare: Way Ahead for India" is widely read in the strategic community. He has served as Vice Chairman of the STRIVE India think tank and as Professor Emeritus at Rashtriya Raksha University, an institution of national importance under the Ministry of Home Affairs.