Lt. Gen. Ajai Kumar Singh assumes command of the Army's Southern Command.
Mr. Singh, a graduate of the National Defence Academy in Pune and the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun, was commissioned into the 7/11 Gorkha Rifles in December 1984.
Lieutenant General Ajai Kumar Singh assumed command of the Indian Army's Southern Command on Tuesday, according to a defence release.
Mr. Singh, a graduate of the National Defence Academy in Pune and the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun, was commissioned into the 7/11 Gorkha Rifles in December 1984.
According to the release, he has extensive operational experience in all types of terrain, including counter-insurgency areas, high altitudes and icy glaciated regions of Siachen, and the desert sector.
He led the 1/11 Gorkha Rifles on the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, an elite brigade in the Western Theatre, a frontline counterinsurgency force in the Kashmir Valley, and the Trishakti Corps in the Northeast.
Mr. Singh has also held key instructional and staff positions at the Integrated Headquarters of the Ministry of Defence (Army), New Delhi, including Instructor at Commando Wing, Belgaum, Additional Director General of Military Operations, and Director General (Operational Logistic & Strategic Movement).
He was also a diplomat soldier, serving as Officer-in-Charge, PPO Dharan at the Indian Embassy in Nepal.
After taking command, he laid a wreath at the Southern Command War Memorial in Pune to honour the fallen soldiers.
Lieutenant General J.S. Nain, the outgoing Army Commander, stepped down on Monday.
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