Colonel Vembu Shankar wears many hats, but at heart, he's an army veteran. In 1998, he received the prestigious Shaurya Chakra, India’s third highest gallantry award in peace, by the President of India for his military service. Here, in Chennai, Colonel Shankar shares how he came to his second calling to serve the armed forces and founded Project Sambandh, a philanthropic mission to connect with widows and families of Army personnel who lost their lives in non-battle scenarios.