Lt Gen Ranbir Singh takes over as Northern Command chief
Friday - June 1, 2018 7:32 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Lt Gen Ranbir Singh takes over as Northern Command chief
Jammu June 1 (IANS) Lt Gen Ranbir Singh on Friday took over as the chief of the Indian Army s Northern Command a Defence Ministry statement said.
After assuming charge he conveyed his greetings to all ranks and expressed his commitment to take forward the excellent work by his predecessors in these challenging conditions it said
Lt Gen who was the Deputy Chief of Army Staff Information Services and Training was commissioned into the 9th Battalion of the Dogra Regiment in 1980 and has had esperience of various staff and command posts having commanded a mountain brigade an armoured division and a Strike corps.
His tenures also include United Nations Peacekeeping assignment in Rwanda and and Sudan.
Besides other staff and instructional appointments Lt Gen Ranbir Singh has had multiple tenures in Military Operations Directorate in various ranks including heading it as Director General Military Operations.
--IANS sq/him/vd
After assuming charge he conveyed his greetings to all ranks and expressed his commitment to take forward the excellent work by his predecessors in these challenging conditions it said
Lt Gen who was the Deputy Chief of Army Staff Information Services and Training was commissioned into the 9th Battalion of the Dogra Regiment in 1980 and has had esperience of various staff and command posts having commanded a mountain brigade an armoured division and a Strike corps.
His tenures also include United Nations Peacekeeping assignment in Rwanda and and Sudan.
Besides other staff and instructional appointments Lt Gen Ranbir Singh has had multiple tenures in Military Operations Directorate in various ranks including heading it as Director General Military Operations.
--IANS sq/him/vd
