Rakesh (Rocky) Chopra / Prayer Meet

Rakesh Chopra Curzon 1958-63) passed on at Delhi on 29th March 2025. PRAYER MEET Rear Admiral Rakesh (ROCKY) Chopra VSM (RETD). Sep 27, 1948 – March 29, 2025 Celebrating a distinguished service career and a life well lived Remembrance To Be Held On April 2, 2025 Wednesday | 3:30 pm Venue: Chinmaya Mission 89, Lodi […]

Rakesh (Rocky) Chopra – [BCS Curzon 1958-1963] passed on 29th March ’25

March-29-2025With profound grief, we regret to inform you of the passing of Rear Admiral Rakesh (Rocky) Chopra, after many glorious years of service in the Navy and an accomplished post-retirement career. Rocky, as he was affectionately known within the naval fraternity, was from the 31st NDA course and was commissioned on 1st July 1968. After completing his Sub Lieutenant […]

Photos from Saturday March 19th 2016 / Bittu Sahgal and OCs

The dinner on March 19, 2016 which was hosted by Royina Grewal and her daughters, friends of Bittu Sahgal. Royina has a fabulously large place and it was warm and cozy. The Grewals and the Sahgal families are close and have been for over 40 years. Royina was gracious and generous to host the evening. […]

Spotlight on OCs: RAKESH CHOPRA

Rakesh Chopra studied at Bishop Cotton School, Shimla, and on graduation joined the National Defence Academy for a military career. After serving in the Indian Navy for 38 years he retired in the rank of Rear Admiral in 2006 and took up appointment on the faculty of XLRI Jamshedpur, as Professor of Strategy. He commanded a ship in the 1971 Indo Pak war in the Eastern Theatre and was a member of the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) in Sri Lanka in 1988 where he was awarded[….]