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Lieutenant General PC Bhardwaj takes over as Army Vice Chief |
Lieutenant General PC Bhardwaj, a paratrooper, took over as Army Vice Chief
here today. Lieutenant General PC Bhardwaj was commissioned into First Battalion
the Parachute Regiment on June 14, 1970. The General is an alumnus of the National
Defence Academy, the Indian Military Academy, the Defence Services Staff College,
Wellington and the National Defence College. He was the first person from the
Indian Army to undergo the rigorous Commando Divers Course at Naval Diving School.
He has also attended the prestigious Special Forces Officers Course at Fort Bragg,
USA doing well again and earning an instructor rating. Lieutenant General Bhardwaj
was awarded the Vir Chakra for conspicuous bravery. He commanded his parent unit,
1 PARA (Cdo) in counter-insurgency operations in the East and was awarded the
Shaurya Chakra for a daring rescue operation. He commanded a Mountain Brigade
in Nagaland and also the elite Parachute Brigade. As a Major General, he commanded
Counter Insurgency Force Delta in Doda/Kishtwar and thereafter was appointed as
the General Officer Commanding Delhi Area. Promoted Lieutenant General, he commanded
14 Corps, responsible for the vast areas of Ladakh and the Siachin Glacier before
assuming command of Northern Command on March 1, 2008. He has held many prestigious
Instructional and Staff Appointments. He served as an Instructor at Infantry School
Mhow and at the Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School. He has been a Brigade
Major of an Infantry Brigade and Deputy Director General at the Directorate General
of Military Operations, Army Headquarters. He was appointed as the Defence Attache
at Embassy of India, Yangon (Myanmar) from 1994 to 1997. |
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