Deepak Rao


Deepak Rao is an Indian military trainer and author. He has helped train the Indian Army, Navy, Air Force as well as police forces of major cities and states, for more than 17 years without compensation. For his service, he has awarded commission as the Honorary Major of the Indian Territorial Army in 2011.
Rao has been a trainer for the Indian Army since 1994. He specialises in close-quarters combat, and along with his wife, Seema Rao, invented a new form of reflex shooting, named the Rao System of Reflex Fire, for the Indian Army.
According to Richard Bustillo, who was a student of Bruce Lee, Rao is one of the few instructors in India who teach Jeet Kune Do correctly.
Rao has co-authored two books with his wife—A Comprehensive Analysis of World Terrorism and The Encyclopaedia of Close Combat Operations; the latter was distributed to the Police and Paramilitary for free by the Home Ministry.