Ajai Kumar Singh
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ajai Kumar Singh | |
|---|---|
 | |
| General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Command | |
| In office 1 November 2022 – 30 June 2024 | |
| Chief of Army Staff | Manoj Pande |
| Preceded by | Jai Singh Nain |
| Succeeded by | Dhiraj Seth |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  India |
| Branch/service |  Indian Army |
| Years of service | 15 December 1984 – 30 June 2024 |
| Rank |  Lieutenant General |
| Unit | .svg){kind=small} 7/11 Gorkha Rifles |
| Commands |  Southern ArmyXXXIII Corps 1/11 Gorkha Rifles |
| Service number | IC-42336F[1] |
| Awards | |
Lieutenant General Ajai Kumar Singh PVSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM is a retired general officer of the Indian Army. He was the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Command of the Indian Army,[2] he assumed the post upon superannuation of Lieutenant General Jai Singh Nain. He previously served as General Officer Commanding XXXIII Corps.
The general officer is an alumnus of St Gabriel's Academy, Roorkee. He then attended the National Defence Academy and the Indian Military Academy.[3] He is also a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and the National Defence College.[4]
Military career
The general officer was commissioned into the 7th battalion of the 11th Gorkha Rifles on 15 December 1984 from the Indian Military Academy.[3] He has commanded 1/11 Gorkha Rifles as part of a Strike Corps, and subsequently on the Line of Control.[5] He later commanded a brigade in Rann Sector, a Counter Insurgency Force in J&K and XXXIII Corps in the Eastern Sector.[4]
