Maj Gen CD Sawant was commissioned in the Army in March 1971. He joined one of the oldest Infantry Regiments i.e. Maratha Light Infantry, which has a rich history of more than 250 years.
Since 1971, he had actively participated in Indo-Pak Conflict in 1971, counter insurgency operations in North Eastern States of the country and J & K, Peace keeping Operations of Indian Army in Sri Lanka and has also had the proud privilege to fight our adversary on the Siachen Glacier which is the highest battle field in the world at an average height of 20000 feet above sea level.
He had undergone all important training courses in premier training establishments of Army including those where officers have to face stiff competition to attain nomination. He has been conferred Post Graduate degrees of MSc (Defence Studies) by Madras University and Master of Management Sciences by Osmania University.
He was wounded twice while fighting against Pakistan sponsored terrorists in Jammu & Kashmir in 1992-93. He has been decorated 5 times for exceptional bravery, outstanding leadership qualities & administrative acumen. Most noteworthy awards being Ati Vishisht Seva Medal & Sena Medal by The President of India.
After 37 years of dedicated and devoted service to the nation he retired in 2008. Since Nov 2008, during his second career, he had undertaken an assignment as Director of a firm which provides turnkey electronic security solutions to Corporates, Hotels, Industries and other clients. The company specialises in Home Land Security Solutions. He has also been nominated as Director of Maharashtra Ex Servicemen Corporation by Chief Minister of Maharashtra with effect from 2012.
At present he coaches students to improve their memory as also carries out Finger Print Analysis of all especially the students to guide them to select a suitable stream for studies as also most suitable career in future. Graphology (Handwriting analysis) and Numerology are yet other fields that he practices.
“When it was decided to give special provisions to Jammu & Kashmir, Pandit Nehru sent Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to Dr. Ambedkar to convince him to create the special treaty for Kashmir. Initially, when Pandit Nehru tried to convince him, Dr. Ambedkar denied it. Somehow, for Sardar Patel, Ambedkar created provisions for Kashmir, which was supposed to be temporary. Unfortunately, all central governments have deliberately forgotten about removing these articles since then. The military is not the solution, but it lies with the politicians. The political leader has to solve this problem and convince the people that being with India is beneficial to them. The core talks of being a resident of India with Kashmiri people needed to be done. Those talks of development where funds get vanished won't deter them.”