Ajai Kumar Singh

Lieutenant General Ajai Kumar Singh AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM is the General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) Southern Command of the Indian Army. He assumed the post from Lieutenant-General Jai Singh Nain.

Lieutenant General

Ajai Kumar Singh

AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM
Allegiance India
Service/branch Indian Army
Years of service15 December 1984–
Rank Lieutenant General
Service numberIC-42336F[1]
Commands held Southern Army
XXXIII Corps
Awards Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Yudh Seva Medal
Sena Medal
Vishisht Seva Medal

Career

A graduate of St Gabriel’s Academy, Roorkee and the National Defence Academy, Singh was commissioned into the 7th battalion of the 11th Gorkha Rifles on 15 December 1984.[2][3] He is also a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and the National Defence College.[2]

Singh commanded 1/11 Gorkha Rifles as part of a Strike Corps, and subsequently on the Line of Control.[3] He later commanded a brigade in Rann Sector, a Counter Insurgency Force in J&K and XXXIII Corps in the Eastern Sector.[2] He has been an Instructor at Commando School, Belgaum and has held a post in the Military Wing at the Indian Embassy, Nepal. He has also served as Director, Military Operations Branch, Deputy Director General, Discipline & Vigilance, Additional Director General of Military Operations and Director General of Operations & Logistics branch at the IHQ of MoD (Army).[2]

Personal life

An avid mountaineer, Singh has climbed Mount Rathong (22,005 feet). He is also a keen cyclist and yoga enthusiast.[3]

Awards and Decorations

Dates of rank
InsigniaRankComponentDate of rank
Second LieutenantIndian Army15 December 1984[1]
LieutenantIndian Army15 December 1986[4]
CaptainIndian Army15 December 1989[5]
MajorIndian Army15 December 1995[6]
Lieutenant-ColonelIndian Army16 December 2004[7]
ColonelIndian Army1 April 2006[8]
BrigadierIndian Army13 June 2011 (acting)
14 November 2011 (substantive, with seniority from 3 April 2010)[9]
Major GeneralIndian Army17 March 2017 (seniority from 1 February 2015)[10]
Lieutenant-GeneralIndian Army28 January 2020[11]

References
  1. "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 17 December 1988. p. 1854.
  2. "Lt Gen Ajai K. Singh assumes charge of Southern Command". The New Indian Express. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  3. "Lt General Ajai Kumar Singh takes charge of Army Southern Command in Pune". The Indian Express. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  4. "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 10 June 1989. p. 802.
  5. "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 19 January 1991. p. 144.
  6. "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 13 April 1996. p. 555.
  7. "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 15 October 2005. p. 1901.
  8. "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 21 February 2009. p. 259.
  9. "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 22 March 2014. p. 438.
  10. "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 16 April 2022. p. 755.
  11. "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 24 October 2020. p. 1670.
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