Opinion & Policy
Dual Loyalties, Shared Missions: How Sainik School Alumni Are Quietly Reshaping US-India Defense Relations
Across Pentagon briefing rooms, defense contractor boardrooms, and joint military exercises, a quiet but consequential force is at work — Sainik School alumni who now occupy influential positions in American military and national security circles. Their dual cultural fluency, professional credibility, and deep institutional networks are increasingly functioning as an informal but powerful bridge between two of the world's most consequential democratic allies.