Lt Gen V K Singh next Army chief

New Delhi, Jan 22 (PTI) Lt Gen V K Singh, the Eastern
Army Commander and senior-most infantry officer, was on Friday
named the next Army chief.

59-year-old Singh will take over from Gen Deepak
Kapoor on March 31 when he retires from service, Defence
Ministry spokesperson Sitanshu Kar said in the national
capital. He will have around a two-year tenure.
The Defence Ministry issued the order appointing Singh
for the top post after the Cabinet Committee on Appointments
cleared his name on Thursday.
Singh was in the news recently when he recommended
action against four General-ranked officers indicted by a
probe in the Sukhna land scam in Darjeeling district of West
Bengal in east India. The Defence Ministry has also sought
equal treatment in action against the four.
A third generation officer from the Rajput regiment,
Singh is a a graduate of the Wellington-based Defense Services
Staff College as well as the Rangers Course at Fort Benning,
USA and the US Army War College, Carlisle.
He was commissioned into 2 Rajput Regiment in June
1970 and commanded the same unit when it was positioned along
the Line of Control with Pakistan.
Experienced in counter insurgency operations, Line of
Control and high altitude operations, Singh was awarded the
Yudh Sena Medal for his distinguished service during
'Operation Pawan' against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(LTTE) in Sri Lanka. MORE PTI NCB
SDE


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