Umesh Chandra Jha, a military veteran, did his Ph D in Law from Jawaharlal Nehru University. His research focuses on the military legal system, international humanitarian law and human rights law and their impact on the functioning of the armed forces. His work comprises 34 books and over 150 articles published in various Journals and newspapers. His recent books include Military Operations: Legal Framework for Multi-Domain Warfare; Outer Space vs Battlespace: Emerging Domian of Warfare; Maritime Operational Law; Chinese Military Legal System, Biological Weapons: Coronavirus, Weapon of Mass Destruction? Human Rights in the Indian Armed Forces: An Analysis of Article 33, Modern Non-Lethal Weapons: Concepts, Application, Legal and Moral Perspective and Nuclear Weapons: Untangling the Societal Enigma.