Lt Gen Manjinder Singh is Western Command chief

Chandigarh, April 1

Lt Gen Manjinder Singh assumed charge as the Chief of Staff, Western Command, at Chandimandir today. He takes over from Lt Gen Yogendra Dimri, who has been elevated as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Central Command.

On arrival at Chandimandir, he laid a wreath at the Veer Smriti war memorial to pay homage to martyrs.

An alumnus of Sainik School, Kapurthala, the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, and the National Defence College in Thailand, Lt Gen Manjinder was commissioned into 19 Madras in December 1986.

During a career spanning over 34 years, he has tenanted important command appointments in varied sensitive operational sectors and high-altitude terrain. He commanded his battalion in an intense counter-insurgency environment in Jammu and Kashmir, an infantry brigade on the line of control and an infantry division as part of a strike corps. He was decorated with the Yudh Seva Medal in 2015 and the Vishisht Seva Medal in 2019. — TNS