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Lieutenant General PK Singh, PVSM, AVSM, former General Officer
Commanding-in-Chief South Western Command and Colonel Commandant,
Regiment of Artillery, is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy
and was commissioned into 2 Field Regiment (SP) Artillery on 16
December 1967. He retired from the Indian Army on 31 Aug 2008.
During a military career spanning 41 years he has seen active service
in the Western, Northern and North Eastern theatres including the 1971
Indo-Pak War, and held several important command and staff
appointments. A graduate of the Defence Staff College, Wellington and
the National Defence College, New Delhi, his assignments include
command of 101 Field Regiment (SP); a Mountain Brigade in active
counter-insurgency operation in Nagaland / Manipur where he was
awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal; an Infantry Division (RAPID)
during Operation Parakram and a Corps in the Western Theatre. After
command of the Corps he was appointed Director General Operational
Logistics at the Army Headquarters.
His academic qualifications include MSc and M Phil from the University
of Madras and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management. He has
been a member of the Faculty at the Defence Service Staff College,
Wellington; the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun; the School of
Artillery, Devlali and the Computer Technology Wing of the Military
College of Telecommunication Engineering, Mhow. During Operation Vijay
he was Deputy Director General, MI (Foreign Division) at the Army
Headquarters and was instrumental in shaping the contours of military
diplomacy. He is a member of the India International Centre, New
Delhi.
He was awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal when he was the General
Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the newly raised South Western Command
at Jaipur. He assumed charge as the Director of the United Service
Institution of India, New Delhi on 1st Jan 2009.
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