Major Gaurav Arya (Retd) is an Indian Army veteran, writer and public speaker with twenty-nine years of experience including Indian Army, top multi-national companies, media, consulting and public speaking. Major Arya is the founder of Chanakya Forum, a digital magazine on Geopolitics, National Security and Foreign Affairs. He is the host of the immensely popular conclave The Chanakya Dialogues. He believes that the teachings of the Indian Army are actually very potent and functional management tools, but need to be accurately interpreted for them to be relevant in the corporate sector. This is what he brings to the table, having worked in the corporate sector for 17 years, before joining media in 2017. As a public speaker, he speaks at national and international corporate events, and also institutional events. He talks about leadership, motivation, team building, strategic affairs, national security, capability building and more. He has spoken at various TEDx events and in October 2017, he was invited to speak at the UK Parliament on the Kashmir issue.