Commandant of the Indian Military Academy

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Template:Infobox official post The Commandant of the Indian Military Academy is a post created in 1932 for the purpose of leading the Indian Military Academy in its education of "gentleman cadets". The Commandant must hold a rank of lieutenant general (three star equivalent) or above. There is no minimum nor maximum term of service in this position though in practice commandants have served anywhere from a few months to 4 years in the position.

History

General Philip Chetwode chose Brig LP Collins (4 Gurkhas) as the first commandant. Brig LP Collins had the task of first acquiring the campus from the railways in Dehradun, and then converting it into an army training institution, taking ten months to do so.Template:Sfn On 1 October 1932, the raising day, Brig LP Collins issued a Special Order of the Day "The Indian Military Academy opens with effect from today [...]."Template:Sfn

There were a total of 5 British commandants including Brig LP Collins, after which Brig Thakur Mahadeo Singh was appointed as the first Commandant of Indian descent post-independence in 1947.Template:Sfn Brig Thakur Mahadeo Singh was followed by Maj Gen KS Thimayya who became the first IMA Commandant to go on to become the Chief of Army Staff in India. Brigadier M.M. Khanna was the first alumni of IMA alumni to be appointed Commandant.Template:Sfn[1]

Following a recommendation in 1983 by the Ministry of Defence the need was felt that cadets needed to know about application of science in weaponry. Lt Gen Mathew Thomas and all following commandants took note of these changes and implemented them.Template:Sfn Lt Gen M Thomas also suggested a change in syllabus, proposing new computer focused teaching methods as well as further emphasis on advanced training. This included sending cadets to the High Altitude Warfare School and the Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School among other things.Template:Sfn Commandant Lt Gen Himmeth Singh appreciated the difficulties of modern warfare, but emphasized the human factor.Template:Sfn His outline of teaching is as follows: Template:Quote

Commandants

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KS Thimayya, Commandant of IMA 1950-1951, went on to become the Chief of Army Staff in India.

There have been a total of 49 Commandants[2] so far:

# Start End Rank/Name References
1 1932 1936 Brig Lionel Peter Collins [1]
2 1936 1939 Brig Harold Kingsley [3]
3 1939 1942 Brig KD EL Young Template:Sfn
4 1942 1944 Brig JK Jones Template:Sfn
5 1944 1947 Brig AB Barltrop Template:Sfn
6 1947 1950 Maj Gen Thakur Mahadeo [1]
7 1950 1951 Maj Gen KS Thimayya Template:Sfn
8 1951 1953 Maj Gen MS Wadalia Template:Sfn
9 1953 1954 Maj Gen E Habibullah Template:Sfn
10 1954 1956 Brig Apji Randhir Singh Template:Sfn
11 1956 1958 Brig MM Khanna [1]
12 1958 1959 Brig Gobinder Singh Template:Sfn
13 1960 1962 Brig ND Nanavati Template:Sfn
14 1962 1963 Brig PS Bhagat Template:Sfn
15 1963 1964 Maj Gen SC Pandit Template:Sfn
16 1964 1966 Maj Gen K Zorawar Singh Template:Sfn
17 1966 1967 Maj Gen JT Sataravala Template:Sfn
18 1967 1969 Maj Gen D K Palit Template:Sfn
19 1969 1972 Maj Gen Rajindra Prasad Template:Sfn
20 1972 1974 Maj Gen IC Katoch Template:Sfn
21 1974 1975 Maj Gen BR Prabhu Template:Sfn
22 1975 1976 Maj Gen SC Sinha Template:Sfn
23 1976 1979 Maj Gen GS Rawat Template:Sfn
24 1979 1980 Maj Gen Rajendra Nath Template:Sfn
25 1980 1983 Lt Gen M Thomas Template:Sfn
26 1983 1984 Lt Gen Himmeth Singh Template:Sfn
27 1984 1986 Lt Gen BB Sehgal Template:Sfn
28 1986 1986 Lt Gen SS Brar Template:Sfn
29 1986 1988 Lt Gen VP Gupta Template:Sfn
30 1988 1990 Lt Gen NPS Bal Template:Sfn
31 1990 1991 Lt Gen YS Tomar Template:Sfn
32 1991 1991 Lt Gen MA Zaki Template:Sfn
33 1991 1994 Lt Gen JC Pant Template:Sfn
34 1994 1996 Lt Gen Inder Verma Template:Sfn
35 1996 1998 Lt Gen AS Sandhu Template:Sfn
36 1998 1999 Lt Gen MA Gurbaxani Sahi Template:Sfn
37 1999 2001 Lt Gen Yuvraj Mehta [4]Template:Sfn
38 2001 2003 Lt Gen TS Shergill [5]Template:Sfn
39 2003 2004 Lt Gen GS Negi Template:Sfn
40 2004 2006 Lt Gen KK Khanna [6]Template:Sfn
41 2006 2008 Lt Gen PK Rampal Template:Sfn
42 2008 2011 Lt Gen R. Singh Sujlana [7]
43 2011 2015 Lt Gen Manvender Singh [8]
44 2015 2015 Lt Gen BS Negi [9]
45 2016 2016 Lt Gen SK Saini [10]
46 2016 2017 Lt Gen SK Upadhya [11]
47 2018 2018 Lt Gen S K Saini [12]
48 2018 2020 Lt Gen Sanjay Kumar Jha [13]
49 2020 Sept 2020 Lt Gen Jaiveer Singh Negi [14]
50 October 2020 August 2022 Lt Gen Harinder Singh [15]
51 September 2022 Till Date Lt Gen VK Mishra

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lieutenant General SK Saini takes over as 46th Commandant of Indian Military Academy. Jagranjosh(2016-05-25). Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  2. ↑ The Official Home Page of the Indian Army| Commandants of the Indian Military Academy. Indian Army. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  3. ↑ Commandants of IMA. Indian Army. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  4. ↑ Army jobs 'less attractive'. The Hindu(2001-06-11). Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  5. ↑ 1964 batch of IMA officers likely to congregate in Doon. The Pioneer. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  6. ↑ Lt. Gen K K Khanna is new IMA chief. Zee News(2004-11-30). Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  7. ↑ Lt Gen Sujlana is new IMA chief. Zee News(2008-10-01). Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  8. ↑ IMA Commandant lt Gen Manvender Singh retires. The Pioneer(31 May 2015). Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  9. ↑ Lt General Balwant Singh Negi takes over as Indian Military Academy Commandant. The Economic Times(14 July 2018). Retrieved 2019-10-23.
  10. ↑ Lt Gen Saini is IMA Commandant. www.tribuneindia.com. Tribune India.
  11. ↑ lt-Gen Santosh Upadhya to be new IMA commandant. The Pioneer.
  12. ↑ Lt General Saini new commandant of Indian Military Academy. The Economic Times(2018-07-11). Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  13. ↑ 87th raising day of IMA celebrated, Pioneer. The Pioneer. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  14. ↑ Lt Gen Negi takes over as 49th commandant of IMA, Pioneer, The. The Pioneer. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  15. ↑ New IMA Commandant Lt General Harinder Singh.

Bibliography

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  • History of the Indian Military Academy{{#if:Singh|, Singh}. Unistar Books(2007). ISBN 9788189899561

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