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Major General G. D. Bakshi SM, VSM is a retired Indian Army officer. Starting his career from 6 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles. Commissioned in the Indian Army from IMA Dehradun in November 1971, he was awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal for commanding a battalion in the Kargil War. Successfully commanding Romeo Force (Part of Rashtriya Rifles) during intensive counter-insurgency operations in the Rajouri and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir he supressed the armed militancy in this area. Having served two tenures at the Directorate General of Military Operations and was the first BGS (IW) at the Northern Command, where he dealt with Information Warfare and Psychological Operations.

Being a Public Interest Litigation maven, he has filed more than 100 PILs in the Supreme Court and different High Courts of India. Known for securing the significant public interests and fighting for gender justice, gender equality, social economic and political justice for vulnerable socially economically disadvantaged sections of society, Ashwini Upadhyay has been making every endeavor to take up wider issues affecting the public at large through taking recourse to the constitutional statutory rights of citizens. He is unwaveringly committed to fight for the defense of the freedom of expression and the protection of human rights. He is always on his mettle to fight for the sanctity of the constitution and law of the land. A stalwart in his own right, Upadhyay is reckoned to be an admiring figure for PIL activists and known as the PIL Man. Beside Electoral Reform, Education Reform, Police Reform and Judicial Reform, Upadhyay is also striving for Gender Justice, Gender Equality, Dignity of Women and National Integration. Ashwini Upadhyay is a firm believer in the equal access to jurisdiction particularly about millions of destitute and backward masses stricken by illiteracy, poverty and ignorance. He possesses the courage of his convictions and is the bitter opponent of corruption and judicial vilification, besides being the proponent of judicial activism.