Ajai Kumar Singh

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Lieutenant General Ajai Kumar Singh AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM is the General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) 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 and the National Defence Academy, Singh was commissioned into the 7th battalion of the 11th Gorkha Rifles on 15 December 1984.[1][2] He is also a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and the National Defence College.[1]

Singh commanded 1/11 Gorkha Rifles as part of a Strike Corps, and subsequently on the Line of Control.[2] He later commanded a brigade in Rann Sector, a Counter Insurgency Force in J&K and XXXIII Corps in the Eastern Sector.[1] 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).[1]

Personal life

An avid mountaineer, Singh has climbed Mount Rathong (22,005 feet). He is also a keen cyclist and yoga enthusiast.[2]

Dates of rank

Insignia Rank Component Date of rank
Second Lieutenant Indian Army 15 December 1984[3]
Lieutenant Indian Army 15 December 1986[4]
Captain Indian Army 15 December 1989[5]
Major Indian Army 15 December 1995[6]
File:Lieutenant Colonel of the Indian Army.svg Lieutenant-Colonel Indian Army 16 December 2004[7]
File:Colonel of the Indian Army.svg Colonel Indian Army 1 April 2006[8]
File:Brigadier of the Indian Army.svg Brigadier Indian Army 13 June 2011 (acting)
14 November 2011 (substantive, with seniority from 3 April 2010)[9]
File:Major General of the Indian Army.svg Major General Indian Army 17 March 2017 (seniority from 1 February 2015)[10]
File:Lieutenant General of the Indian Army.svg Lieutenant-General Indian Army 28 January 2020[11]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lt Gen Ajai K. Singh assumes charge of Southern Command. The New Indian Express(2 November 2022). Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lt General Ajai Kumar Singh takes charge of Army Southern Command in Pune. The Indian Express(2 November 2022). Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  3. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named commission
  4. ↑ Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)(10 June 1989).
  5. ↑ Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)(19 January 1991).
  6. ↑ Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)(13 April 1996).
  7. ↑ Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)(15 October 2005).
  8. ↑ Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)(21 February 2009).
  9. ↑ Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)(22 March 2014).
  10. ↑ Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)(16 April 2022).
  11. ↑ Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)(24 October 2020).

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