Colonel Paurush Pradhan is a Shaurya Chakra awardee. He holds an M.Sc. from the University of Madras and has completed a Management Development Programme at IIM Lucknow. He brings over 24 years of experience in administration, regulatory affairs, compliance, risk management, and security across the aerospace industry and the Indian Armed Forces. His core areas of expertise include compliance management and enhancement, as well as security and risk mitigation.