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Lieutenant General Bikram Singh takes over as GOC-in-C of Eastern Command | Lieutenant General Bikram Singh on Thursday assumed office of the General Officer Commanding-In-Chief (GOC-in-C) of the Eastern Command in Kolkata.
An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Lieutenant General Singh was commissioned
into the Sikh Light Infantry Regiment in 1972. He is a Post Graduate from the
Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, and has done the Higher Command Course
at Mhow and the US Army War College, Pennsylvania. With over 38 years of active
service, he has held a number of important command and staff appointments. He
commanded an infantry battalion in the northeast and along the Line of Control
in Jammu and Kashmir. He was the Corps Commander of the prestigious 15 Corps in
his last command tenure. Lieutenant General Singh has also served in three United
Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions. In his last UN assignment, he was the Deputy
Force Commander and GOC of a multinational division in Africa, comprising officers
and troops of 48 nationalities. He has been awarded the Uttam Yudha Seva Medal
(UYSM), Ati Vishisth Seva Medal (AVSM), Sena Medal and Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM)
for his meritorious service so far. He has also held some important staff appointments
at Army Headquarters, which include, two tenures each in the Directorate General
of Military Operations and the Directorate General of Perspective Planning. Before
taking over as GOC-in-C, Eastern Command, he was the Director of General of Staff
Duties at IHQ of Defence Ministry (Army). |
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