THE ELITE EDGE | 7 PARA Special Forces |

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About the Guest_____________________________________________________________________________________________

Colonel Shivender Pratap Singh Kanwar is a fourth generation Indian Army Officer. He was commissioned on 02 March 2002 and volunteered for the Special Forces. He is from the 73rd course of OTA, Chennai. He has extensive experience in counter terrorist operations in valley. He commanded 07 PARA ( Special Forces) from 2018 to 2021.

He took pre mature release from the Indian Army in September 2022, after serving for 20 years and six months.

After quitting army, he did close protection officers course from London, UK. After successfully completion of course, he now runs an Executive Protection company based out of Gurgaon.

Col SPS is married and has two boys aged 14 and 10 years of age.

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TIMECODES:
0:00 - opening
2:15 - Introduction
5:00 - SSB and OTA days
6:52 - Why did I want to join the Army?
7:49 - Special Forces Probation and commissioning
11:51 - Operational encounter during probation
23:10 - How Special Forces operations are planned
27:20 - Have you ever got shot
29:45 - Bloodshed in Kashmir Valley
31:18 - How many ops and kills
32:00 - 8 Maratha Light Infantry and RR tenure
43:28 - 07 PARA probation
58:43 - Stories of 07 para
1:15:00 - Peace keeping mission South Sudan and staff appointment
1:22:00 - Tenure in 31RR
1:26:34 - Commanding Officer of 07 para
1:36:43 - What is Leadership?
1:45:12 - What keeps me going?
1:49:05 - Personal and professional life balance
1:50:20 - Significance of tattoos
1:53:21 - As a probationary officer
1:58:33 - Sense of responsibility
2:03:15 - About 07 para
2:11:50 - Ending note

About the host__________________________________________________________________________________
Lt. Commander Nikhil Kumar Chandrakala (Retd.) served as the Youngest Panelist on the Officers' Selection Board of the Indian Navy. He is the youngest Group Testing Officer to have served in the Indian Armed Forces since 1947!

Lt. Cdr. Nikhil KC (Retd.) has also served in some coveted appointments onboard frigates in the Western Fleet of the Indian Navy, on ships of Killer Squadron, legacy bearer of 1971 war. He was also Aide-De-Camp of the Admiral Commanding Maharashtra and Gujarat Naval Area.

As Captain of the Warship – Indian Naval Immediate Support Vessel T-15, Senior Officer, ISVs (West), he spearheaded a team of 16 officers and 102 men to defend Oil-Field Exploration Areas on the Western Seaboard of India. He and his team were featured in a documentary shot by India Today TV which was aired on National Television on 26 Jan 2017. The documentary is titled "Defenders of India - Story of India's Sea Horses" which can be seen here :-
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