Lt Gen Pushpendra Singh
Chandigarh, April 14
Lieutenant General Pushpendra Singh on Thursday took over as the 17th General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Rising Star Corps based at Yol in Himachal Pradesh.
An alumnus of the Indian Military Academy, he was commissioned into 4 Para (Special Forces) in December 1987.
In a career spanning over 35 years, the General officer has participated in Operations Pawan, Meghdoot, Rakshak and Orchid and has foreign combat exposure in the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Lebanon and Operation Pawan in Sri Lanka.
Prior to taking over the Rising Star Corps, he served at Infantry School Mhow and Strategic Forces Command, besides being Chief of Staff of the Lucknow based Central Command.
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