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{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]]
| name = Ajai Kumar Singh
| honorific_suffix = [[AVSM]], [[Yudh Seva Medal|YSM]], [[Sena Medal|SM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]]
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| serviceyears = 15 December 1984–
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| servicenumber = IC-42336F<ref name="commission">{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1854 |date=17 December 1988|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1988/O-0635-1988-0051-28053.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
| commands = [[File:IA_Southern_Command.svg|20px]] [[Southern Command (India)|Southern Army]] [[XXXIII Corps (India)|XXXIII Corps]]
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[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] '''Ajai Kumar Singh''' [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]], [[Yudh Seva Medal|YSM]], [[Sena Medal|SM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]] is the [[General_officer_commanding#Usage_in_the_Indian_Army|General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief]] (GOC-in-C) [[Southern Command (India)|Southern Command]] of the [[Indian Army]]. He assumed the post from Lieutenant-General [[Jai Singh Nain]].

== Career ==
A graduate of [[St Gabriel's Academy, Roorkee|St Gabriel’s Academy, Roorkee]] and the [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]], Singh was commissioned into the 7th battalion of the [[11th Gorkha Rifles]] on 15 December 1984.<ref name="TNIE_Singh">{{cite news |author= |title=Lt Gen Ajai K. Singh assumes charge of Southern Command|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2022/nov/02/lt-gen-ajai-k-singhassumes-charge-ofsouthern-command-2514062.html |work=The New Indian Express |location= |date=2 November 2022 |access-date=6 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="IE_Singh">{{cite news |author= |title=Lt General Ajai Kumar Singh takes charge of Army Southern Command in Pune|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/lt-general-ajai-kumar-singh-takes-charge-of-army-southern-command-8243161/ |work=The Indian Express |location= |date=2 November 2022 |access-date=6 November 2022}}</ref> He is also a graduate of the [[Defence Services Staff College]], Wellington and the [[National Defence College (India)|National Defence College]].<ref name="TNIE_Singh"/>

Singh commanded 1/11 Gorkha Rifles as part of a Strike Corps, and subsequently on the Line of Control.<ref name="IE_Singh"/> He later commanded a brigade in Rann Sector, a Counter Insurgency Force in J&K and [[XXXIII Corps (India)|XXXIII Corps]] in the Eastern Sector.<ref name="TNIE_Singh"/> He has been an Instructor at Commando School, Belgaum and has held a post in the Military Wing at the Indian Embassy, Nepal. He has also served as Director, Military Operations Branch, Deputy Director General, Discipline & Vigilance, Additional Director General of Military Operations and Director General of Operations & Logistics branch at the IHQ of MoD (Army).<ref name="TNIE_Singh"/>

==Personal life==
An avid mountaineer, Singh has climbed Mount Rathong (22,005 feet). He is also a keen cyclist and yoga enthusiast.<ref name="IE_Singh"/>

== Dates of rank ==
{|class="wikitable" style="background:white"
! Insignia !! Rank !! Component !! Date of rank
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|align="center" |[[File:Second Lieutenant of the Indian Army.svg|35px]] || [[Second Lieutenant]] || [[Indian Army]] || 15 December 1984<ref name="commission"/>
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|align="center" |[[File:Lieutenant_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Lieutenant]] || Indian Army || 15 December 1986<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=802 |date=10 June 1989|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1989/O-0593-1989-0023-25634.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Captain_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Captain (armed forces)|Captain]] || Indian Army || 15 December 1989<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=144 |date=19 January 1991|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1991/O-0508-1991-0003-21124.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Major_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Major]] || Indian Army || 15 December 1995<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=555 |date=13 April 1996|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1996/O-0277-1996-0015-10098.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Lieutenant_Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Lieutenant-Colonel]] || Indian Army || 16 December 2004<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1901 |date=15 October 2005|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2005/W_42_2012_119.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Colonel (India)|Colonel]] || Indian Army || 1 April 2006<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=259 |date=21 February 2009|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2009/W_8_2010_009.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Brigadier_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Brigadier (India)|Brigadier]] || Indian Army || 13 June 2011 (acting) 14 November 2011 (substantive, with seniority from 3 April 2010)<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=438 |date=22 March 2014|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2014/158718.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
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|align="center" |[[File:Major_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Major general (India)|Major General]] || Indian Army || 17 March 2017 (seniority from 1 February 2015)<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=755 |date=16 April 2022 |url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2022/235171.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
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|align="center" |[[File:Lieutenant_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant-General]] || Indian Army || 28 January 2020<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1670 |date=24 October 2020|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/222713.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
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== References ==
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{{s-mil}}{{Succession box
| title = [[General_officer_commanding#Usage_in_the_Indian_Army|General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief]] [[Southern Command (India)|Southern Command]]
| years = 1 November 2022 -
| before = [[Jai Singh Nain]]
| after = '''Incumbent'''
}}
{{succession box
| title = General Officer Commanding [[XXXIII Corps (India)|XXXIII Corps]]
| years = 14 September 2020 - 21 October 2021
| before =[[Nav Kumar Khanduri]]
| after = Tarun Kumar Aich
}}
{{s-end
}}

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[[Category:Recipients of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Vishisht Seva Medal]]
[[Category: Recipients of the Yudh Seva Medal]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sena Medal]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:National Defence Academy (India) alumni]]

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