Lt Gen Pandey assumes command of Srinagar-based 15 Corps

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, March 17

Lieutenant General DP Pandey has been appointed at the General Officer Commanding of the Srinagar-based 15 Corps. Prior to this, he was serving as the first ever Director General Territorial Army at Army Headquarters.

He took over command from Lt Gen BS Raju who has moved to Army Headquarters as Director General Military Operations in place of Lt Gen Paramjit Singh, who has taken charge as Deputy Chief of the Army Staff (strategy).

An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Lt Gen Pandey was commissioned into the Sikh Light Infantry in December 1985 and has held various command and staff appointments, including General Officer Commanding of the Kilo Force that is responsible for counter-terrorist operations in the Kashmir Valley. He also served as a Military Observer in Cambodia.