Lieutenant General

Ajai Kumar Singh

AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM
Allegiance India
Service/branch Indian Army
Years of service15 December 1984 – Present
Rank Lieutenant General
Service numberIC-42336F[1]
Commands held Southern Army
XXXIII Corps
1/11 Gorkha Rifles
Awards Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Yudh Seva Medal
Sena Medal
Vishisht Seva Medal

Lieutenant General Ajai Kumar Singh AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM is the General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) Southern Command of the Indian Army. He assumed the post from Lieutenant-General Jai Singh Nain.

Career

A student of St Gabriel’s Academy, Roorkee and graduated from the National Defence Academy, Singh was commissioned into the 7th battalion of the 11th Gorkha Rifles on 15 December 1984.[2][3] He is also a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and the National Defence College.[2]

Singh commanded 1/11 Gorkha Rifles as part of a Strike Corps, and subsequently on the Line of Control.[3] He later commanded a brigade in Rann Sector, a Counter Insurgency Force in J&K and XXXIII Corps in the Eastern Sector.[2] He has been an Instructor at Commando School, Belgaum and has held a post in the Military Wing at the Indian Embassy, Nepal. He has also served as Director, Military Operations Branch, Deputy Director General, Discipline & Vigilance, Additional Director General of Military Operations and Director General of Operations & Logistics branch at the IHQ of MoD (Army).[2]

Personal life

An alumnus of Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling the General Officer is a keen Trekker and Mountaineer having climbed Mount Rathong (22005 ft) in Kanchenjunga Massif. He is a keen sportsman with interest in cycling, Yoga and is an ardent reader of spirituality, mythology, history and nature.

The General Officer was married to Mrs Shalini who was a Reikei and Pranic healer with interest in Naturopathy and Yoga and had been actively involved in various welfare activities of troops and families before she left for heavenly abode on 01 Apr 2020.[4]

Awards and Decorations

Dates of rank

InsigniaRankComponentDate of rank
Second LieutenantIndian Army15 December 1984[1]
LieutenantIndian Army15 December 1986[5]
CaptainIndian Army15 December 1989[6]
MajorIndian Army15 December 1995[7]
Lieutenant-ColonelIndian Army16 December 2004[8]
ColonelIndian Army1 April 2006[9]
BrigadierIndian Army13 June 2011 (acting)
14 November 2011 (substantive, with seniority from 3 April 2010)[10]
Major GeneralIndian Army17 March 2017 (seniority from 1 February 2015)[11]
Lieutenant-GeneralIndian Army28 January 2020[12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 17 December 1988. p. 1854.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Lt Gen Ajai K. Singh assumes charge of Southern Command". The New Indian Express. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Lt General Ajai Kumar Singh takes charge of Army Southern Command in Pune". The Indian Express. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  4. ↑ https://indianarmy.nic.in/leaders/leaders-site-main/army-commanders
  5. ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 10 June 1989. p. 802.
  6. ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 19 January 1991. p. 144.
  7. ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 13 April 1996. p. 555.
  8. ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 15 October 2005. p. 1901.
  9. ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 21 February 2009. p. 259.
  10. ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 22 March 2014. p. 438.
  11. ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 16 April 2022. p. 755.
  12. ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 24 October 2020. p. 1670.
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