Balram Singh Mehta

Brigadier Balram Singh Mehta was commissioned on 15 June 1966, in 45 Cavalry. He comes from a illustrious military family. In 1984, he raised 13 Armoured Regiment which later participated in Ex Brass Tacks with distinction under his command. Brigadier Mehta attended the Higher Command-18 at the College of Combat in 1990. He has the distinction of having served in command assignments under all the three Strike Corps as also on the staff of the Mountain and Infantry Division, besides deputation with the Cabinet Secretariat. In 1998, he took premature retirement to serve with the Government of Gujarat till 2001. He organised the first entrepreneurship course for retiring defence personnel at the Entrepreneurship Development Institute, Ahmedabad, in 2000. During the last 15 years, he has served with universities in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh as Vice Chancellor. His other interests include Transcendental Meditation and Skill Development. He is an active member of a Suratbased NGO “Jai Jawan Nagrik Samiti. He is currently holding the post of Director General, Maharishi Invincible Defence for Peace, headquartered in Iowa, USA.