Air Marshal M Matheswaran AVSM VM PhD (V)

Air Marshal M Matheswaran, an Air Force Veteran, is the founder Chairman and President of TPF. He is the former Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (DCIDS- Policy, Plans, and Force Development) at HQ IDS – Tri Services Command and was the Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO – Deputy C-in-C) of the Eastern Air Command earlier. The Air Marshal has had an active service of 39 years in the Indian Air Force. Commissioned as a fighter pilot in 1975, he has flown more than 40 types of aircraft with vast operational and research experience.

He is a graduate of the IAF’s elite Fighter Weapons Establishment, TACDE (Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment), and an Experimental Test Pilot from the prestigious Flight Test Establishment, ASTE (Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment), and later commanded the Establishment. The Air Marshal has held a number of command and staff appointments involving Space, EW and Information Warfare, Maritime Air Operations, Air Staff Inspection, Air Staff Requirement, and Concepts and Doctrines for Air War Strategy.

He is an alumnus of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington (Nilgiris) and the National Defence College, New Delhi. He has done his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Defence and Strategic Studies from the University of Madras, and has a Post-Graduate Diploma in Financial Management (PGDIFM) from IGNOU. He is a Senior Fellow in International and National Security from the Harvard Kennedy School of Governance. He writes frequently on aerospace and defence issues, geopolitics, and national security.

He was intimately involved with many Indian military projects involving the military, DRDO, and the industry. He is a founder member of the Nuclear Command.