Dalbir Singh Suhag, New Chief of Indian Army (2014)

Dalbir Singh Suhag, New Chief of Indian Army (2014)

Dalbir Singh Suhag, New Chief of Indian Army (2014)

Dalbir Singh Suhag, has assumed the New Chief of Indian Army on 31st July 2014.  A few lines about Dalbir Singh Suhag from Wikipedia.

Lt. General Singh was born in a Jat family based in Bishan village in Haryana's Jhajjar district, and is a third-generation soldier and son of a retired subedar. He is married to Namita Suhag, who is a Political Science graduate from Delhi University.

Lt. General Suhag joined the National Defence Academy in 1970 and was commissioned into the 4th battalion of the 5 Gorkha Rifles in June 1974. He is an alumnus of Sainik School, Chittorgarh. He was an instructor at the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun and served as a company commander during Operation Pawan in Sri Lanka. He has commanded the 53 Infantry Brigade which was involved in counter insurgency operations in the Kashmir Valley from July 2003 to March 2005, and the 8 Mountain Division in Kargil from October 2007 to December 2008. He was also appointed as the Inspector General of the Special Frontier Force. He has completed various Indian and foreign courses including LDMC at College of Defence Management in 1997-98, National Defence College in 2006, Executive Course in USA in 2005 and Senior Mission Leaders Course (UN) in Kenya in 2007.

Awards

Param Vishisht Seva Medal
Uttam Yudh Seva Medal
Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Vishisht Seva Medal


Source: Wikipedia