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| honorific_prefix = [[Lieutenant General]]<br />
| name = Balwant Singh Negi<br />
| honorific_suffix = [[PVSM]], [[UYSM]], [[Yudh Seva Medal|YSM]], [[Sena Medal|SM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]]**<br />
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| branch = {{army|India}}<br />
| serviceyears = 16 December 1978 – 30 September 2018 <br />
| rank = [[File:Lieutenant General of the Indian Army.svg|22px]] Lieutenant General<br />
| servicenumber = IC-35479Y<br />
| unit = [[Assam Regiment]]<br />
| commands = [[File:IA_Central_Command.jpg|20px]] [[Central Command (India)|Central Army]]<br>[[XIV Corps (India)|XIV Corps]]<br />
| battles = [[Operation Meghdoot]]<br>[[Operation Parakram]]<br>[[Operation Vijay (1999)|Operation Vijay]]<br>Operation Trident<br>Operation Falcon<br />
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| awards = [[File:Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|20px]] [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]] <br> [[File:Uttam Yudh Seva Medal ribbon.svg|20px]] [[Uttam Yudh Seva Medal]]<br>[[File:Yudh Seva Medal ribbon.svg|20px]] [[Yudh Seva Medal]]<br>[[File:Sena Medal ribbon.svg|20px]] [[Sena Medal]]<br>[[File:Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|20px]] [[Vishisht Seva Medal]] & Bar<br />
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[[Lieutenant general|Lieutenant General]] '''Balwant Singh Negi''', [[PVSM]], [[Uttam Yudh Seva Medal|UYSM]], [[Yudh Seva Medal|YSM]], [[Sena Medal|SM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM & Bar]] is a former [[General officer commanding#Usage in the Indian Army|General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief]] (GOC-in-C), [[Central Command (India)|Central Command]] of the [[Indian Army]] who served in office from 1 December 2015 till 30 September 2018. He assumed the post after Lt General Rajan Bakshi retired and was succeeded by Lt General [[Abhay Krishna]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=q3maOtci88UEG+KbnjYQqg==&ParentID=9BCRk0ajGWzPoNFjEXs/7g==|title=Indian Army Southern Command}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Lt-Gen-BS-Negi-appointed-Central-Commands-new-GOC-in-C-designate/articleshow/50068288.cms|title=Lt Gen BS Negi appointed Central Command’s new GOC-in-C (designate) - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-10-08|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222043203/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Lt-Gen-BS-Negi-appointed-Central-Commands-new-GOC-in-C-designate/articleshow/50068288.cms|archivedate=2016-12-22}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Negi is an alumnus of [[Rashtriya Indian Military College]], [[National Defence Academy]] and [[Indian Military Academy]]. He has completed the senior command course at [[Defence Services Staff College|Defence Service Staff College]], Wellington; command & staff course in Bangladesh; higher command course at [[Army War College, Mhow|Army War College]], Mhow and command course at [[National Defence College (India)|National Defence College]], New Delhi. He also holds a double MPhil in Strategic Studies and Defence Studies); a double master's degree in Defence Studies and a PhD in Strategic Studies from Madras University where his research topic was “''China’s Modernisation and its implications''”.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.uniindia.com/lt-gen-b-s-negi-takes-over-as-goc-of-central-command/states/news/290713.html|title=BS Negi takes over as GOC of central command}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spsmilitaryyearbook.com/profile/lt-general-bs-negi/|title=» Lt General BS Negi|website=www.spsmilitaryyearbook.com|access-date=2017-10-08|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217064839/http://www.spsmilitaryyearbook.com/profile/lt-general-bs-negi/|archivedate=2017-02-17}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Negi was commissioned into [[Assam Regiment]] on 16 December 1978. He has vast experience in North East India and [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu & Kashmir]]. He has commanded a battalion on the [[Siachen Glacier]], a brigade in Western Command, a Counter Insurgency Force in Jammu & Kashmir and Jharkhand & Bihar, [[XIV Corps (India)|XIV Corps]] (Leh). He has held command of many operations including [[Operation Meghdoot]], [[Operation Vijay (1999)|Operation Vijay]], Operation Rakshak, [[Operation Parakram]], Operation Falcon, Operation Trident, Operations Sahayata I and II. He has also held staff appointments including He has held Colonel General Staff of an Infantry Division in Jammu & Kashmir during Operation Parakram; Commandant of the Indian Military Academy.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/lt-general-balwant-singh-negi-takes-over-as-indian-military-academy-commandant/articleshow/48330275.cms|title=Lt General Balwant Singh Negi takes over as Indian Military Academy Commandant|date=2015-08-04|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2017-10-08|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518175956/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/lt-general-balwant-singh-negi-takes-over-as-indian-military-academy-commandant/articleshow/48330275.cms|archivedate=2016-05-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/3-new-commanders-to-take-charge/164737.html|title=3 new commanders to take charge|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323010353/http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/3-new-commanders-to-take-charge/164737.html|archive-date=2017-03-23|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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During 40 years of his career he has been awarded [[Yudh Seva Medal]] for Siachen in 1998; [[Sena Medal]] for Jammu & Kashmir in 2002; [[Vishisht Seva Medal]] twice for Jammu & Kashmir in 2009 and 2013; [[Uttam Yudh Seva Medal]] in 2016 and the [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]] in January 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=390 Republic Day Gallantry and Other Defence Decorations Announced|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1517875}}</ref> He has also been awarded with General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Commendation Card (twice) and Chief of Integrated Defence Staff Commendation Card.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=135773|title=Press Information Bureau|access-date=2017-10-08|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008155412/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=135773|archivedate=2017-10-08}}</ref><br />
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== Honours and decorations ==<br />
{| style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"<br />
|[[File:Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|105px]]<br />
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Uttam Yudh Seva Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} <br />
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg|width=106}} <br />
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Sena_Medal_ribbon.svg|width=106}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}<br />
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND Special Service Medal Ribbon.svg|width=106}}<br />
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND_Siachen_Glacier_Medal_Ribbon.svg|width=106}}<br />
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND_Operation_Vijay_medal.svg|width=106}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND Operation Parakram medal.svg|width=106}}<br />
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND Sainya Seva Medal Ribbon.svg|width=106}}<br />
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND High Altitude Medal Ribbon.svg|width=106}}<br />
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND Videsh Seva Medal Ribbon.svg|width=106}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 50th Anniversary Independence medal.svg|width=106}}<br />
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 30 Years Long Service Ribbon.svg|width=106}}<br />
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 20YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|width=106}}<br />
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 9YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|width=106}}<br />
|}<br />
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|[[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]<br />
|[[Uttam Yudh Seva Medal]]<br />
|[[Yudh Seva Medal]]<br />
|[[Sena Medal]]<br />
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|[[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|Vishisht Seva Medal]] (Bar)<br />
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Special Service Medal]]<br />
|[[Siachen Glacier Medal]]<br />
|[[Awards and Decorations of the Indian Armed Forces|Operation Vijay Medal]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Operation Parakram Medal]]<br />
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Sainya Seva Medal]]<br />
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|High Altitude Service Medal]]<br />
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Videsh Seva Medal]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|50th Anniversary of Independence Medal]]<br />
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|30 Years Long Service Medal]]<br />
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|20 Years Long Service Medal]]<br />
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|9 Years Long Service Medal]]<br />
|}<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
He is an excellent sportsman with three Blues in Boxing and Gymnastics from National Defence Academy. He is also a keen equestrian track and Master of Fox Hounds for Ooty Hunt Club; has extensive trekking and motor biking experience in the Himalayas. on a 350cc Royal Enfield Motorcycle.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist|30em}}{{s-start}}<br />
{{s-mil}}{{Succession box<br />
| title = [[General officer commanding#Usage in the Indian Army|General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief]] [[Central Command (India)|Central Command]]<br />
| years = 1 December 2015 - 30 September 2018<br />
| before = Lt Gen Rajan Bakshi<br />
| after = [[Abhay Krishna]]<br />
}}{{Succession box<br />
| title = Commandant of [[Indian Military Academy]]<br />
| years = 3 August 2015 - 1 December 2015<br />
| before = Lt Gen Manvender Singh<br />
| after = <br />
}}<br />
{{succession box<br />
| title = General Officer Commanding [[XIV Corps (India)|XIV Corps]]<br />
| years = 2014 - 2 July 2015<br />
| before = <br />
| after = [[Shravan Kumar Patyal]]<br />
}}<br />
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