Ajai Kumar Singh
Ajai Kumar Singh | |
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| General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Command | |
| Assumed office 1 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Jai Singh Nain |
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| Allegiance |  India |
| Branch/service |  Indian Army |
| Years of service | 15 December 1984 – Present |
| Rank |  Lieutenant General |
| Commands |  Southern ArmyXXXIII Corps 1/11 Gorkha Rifles |
| Service number | IC-42336F[1] |
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Lieutenant General Ajai Kumar Singh PVSM, 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[edit]
A student of St Gabriel’s Academy, Roorkee and graduated from the National Defence Academy, Singh was commissioned into the 7th battalion of the 11th Gorkha Rifles on 15 December 1984 from the Indian Military Academy.[2][3] He is also a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and the National Defence College.[2]
Singh commanded 1/11 Gorkha Rifles as part of a Strike Corps, and subsequently on the Line of Control.[3] He later commanded a brigade in Rann Sector, a Counter Insurgency Force in J&K and XXXIII Corps in the Eastern Sector.[2] 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).[2]
Personal life[edit]
An alumnus of Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling the General Officer is a keen Trekker and Mountaineer having climbed Mount Rathong (22005 ft) in Kanchenjunga Massif. He is a keen sportsman with interest in cycling, Yoga and is an ardent reader of spirituality, mythology, history and nature.
The General Officer was married to Mrs Shalini who was a Reikei and Pranic healer with interest in Naturopathy and Yoga and had been actively involved in various welfare activities of troops and families before she died on 01 Apr 2020.[4]
Awards and Decorations[edit]
  
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Dates of rank[edit]
| Insignia | Rank | Component | Date of rank |
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Second Lieutenant | Indian Army | 15 December 1984[1] |
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Lieutenant | Indian Army | 15 December 1986[5] |
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Captain | Indian Army | 15 December 1989[6] |
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Major | Indian Army | 15 December 1995[7] |
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Lieutenant-Colonel | Indian Army | 16 December 2004[8] |
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Colonel | Indian Army | 1 April 2006[9] |
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Brigadier | Indian Army | 13 June 2011 (acting) 14 November 2011 (substantive, with seniority from 3 April 2010)[10] |
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Major General | Indian Army | 17 March 2017 (seniority from 1 February 2015)[11] |
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Lieutenant-General | Indian Army | 28 January 2020[12] |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 17 December 1988. p. 1854.
- ^ a b c d "Lt Gen Ajai K. Singh assumes charge of Southern Command". The New Indian Express. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Lt General Ajai Kumar Singh takes charge of Army Southern Command in Pune". The Indian Express. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
- ^ https://indianarmy.nic.in/leaders/leaders-site-main/army-commanders
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 10 June 1989. p. 802.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 19 January 1991. p. 144.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 13 April 1996. p. 555.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 15 October 2005. p. 1901.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 21 February 2009. p. 259.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 22 March 2014. p. 438.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 16 April 2022. p. 755.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 24 October 2020. p. 1670.