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Major Gaurav Arya ( Born September 25, 1972, Delhi, India) is a popular public speaker and former Indian Army officer from the Kumaon Regiment and is currently the Editor-In-Chief of Chanakya Forum. He is also the Senior Consulting Editor of the Republic Media Network.

College[edit]
He completed his graduation from St. Stephens College, Delhi in 1992

Military career[edit]
Major Gaurav Arya joined Officers Training Academy, Chennai in 1993. In March 1994 he passed out as commissioned officer into 17th Battalion, The Kumaon Regiment. He served in Indian Army till 1999.

Corporate career[edit]
After leaving the army, he completed his MBA and worked at various with his last corporate tenure Smart Group, a Singapore based MNC. Major Gaurav Arya (Retd) was the CEO of Sterea InfraTech Limited, a construction company that was part of the Smart Group. Later, he was President of Smart Group.

Television and Social Media[edit]
He rose to prominence with his open letter to Burhan Wani and since then has been keenly followed on social media, mainstream TV channels. He now appears exclusively on Republic TV with popular weekly TV show PATRIOT and Gaurav Arya show.

He was invited to speak at UK Parliament - House of Commons