The USI Centre for UN Studies (CUNS), has always taken the lead in providing a platform for organising discourse and research in the field of United Nations (UN) peace operations, to put across an Indian perspective on crucial attributes of the contemporary challenges faced by UN peace operations. To this end, Maj Gen PK Goswami, VSM (Retd), Director, Centre for UN Studies has briefly collated the 75Years of Indian contribution to UN Peacekeeping, starting from the Korean War in 1950, till date. This book seeks to chronicle India’s rich and multifaceted peacekeeping journey, analysing its impact, challenges, and evolving role; and aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of India’s role in peacekeeping over the past 75 years.

Major General PK Goswami, VSM (Retd), is an Indian Army veteran. He was a Military Observer in the United Nations (UN) Verification Mission at Angola in 1991-92 and Senior Faculty at the National Defence College, New Delhi. Presently, he is the Director, Centre for UN Studies, at the USI. He is closely associated with various UN Peacekeeping initiatives with the Challenges Forum, NUPI, EPON, GCSP, ICRC, FES, SIPRI and Global Alliance for Peace Operations. He is credited with nine monographs on various UN Peacekeeping themes. His book India and UN Peacekeeping: Through the Prism of Time was released by Mr Jean Pierre Lacroix, Under Secretary General, Department of Peace Operations, United Nations, on 07 Oct 2022 at  the USI.