Director, UN Career Guidance Centre (UNCGC)
Brigadier V George (Retd)
UN-Related Experience
- Military Observer & National Senior, UNIKOM (Iraq–Kuwait)
- Mission Welfare Officer and Editor, UNIKOM Magazine
- Graduate of the prestigious UN Senior Mission Leaders (SML) Course
- Designed & conducted Exercise AMAN SENA (UN Mission Simulation) involving 75 participants from 19 countries
- Represented India at UN Exercise SHANTIDOOT in Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Dissertation (Master’s in Management Studies): Training for UN Missions
Key Roles – Ministry of Defence, India (Deputy Director General)
- Oversaw India’s annual contribution of 14,500 troops and 550 officers to UN Missions
- Managed training of 30,000+ troops and 1,200 officers for UN deployments
- Authored Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for UN mission readiness
- Led the Centre for UN Peacekeeping (CUNPK) – trained 108 foreign and 800 national officers
- Coordinated international exercises such as Exercise KHANQUEST
- Managed contingent equipment logistics, performance reviews, and mission appraisals
International Engagements & Strategic Leadership
- US-India Joint Working Group on Peacekeeping – Authored strategic cooperation paper
- Executive Member, IAPTC Meeting, USA
- Speaker at UN seminar – Standardised Generic Infantry Battalion
- Nominated by UN HQ for SML Course in Pretoria, South Africa
- Headed Indian delegation for Strategic UN Peacekeeping Dialogues, New York
- Directed the influential Troop Cost Survey – impacting 115 Troop Contributing Countries
UN Workshops, Training & Instructor Roles
- Instructor for global courses with UNITAR and UN-CIMIC (Uganda)
- Participant, UN Workshop on Infantry Battalion Training, Vienna
- Mentor at major peacekeeping exercises including AMAN SENA
- Represented India at Peace Support Operations Workshop, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
- Speaker, UN Women & CUNPK Seminar – Women in Peacebuilding
Mentorship & Career Guidance
- Guided and mentored hundreds of professionals for successful careers in UN organizations