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Lieutenant GeneralManjinder SinghAVSM YSM VSM
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief South Western Command
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 July 2024
Chief of Army Staff	Upendra Dwivedi
Preceded by	Dhiraj Seth
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Army Training Command
In office 1 December 2023 – 30 June 2024
Chief of Army Staff	Manoj Pande
Preceded by	Surinder Singh Mahal
Succeeded by	Devendra Sharma
Personal details
Alma mater	Sainik School, Kapurthala National Defence Academy Indian Military Academy
Military service
Allegiance	India
Branch/service	Indian Army
Years of service	December 1986 - Present
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	19 Madras Regiment
Commands	South Western Command Army Training Command XVI Corps Indian Military Training Team Madras Regiment
Battles/wars	Operation Meghdoot Operation Rakshak
Service number	IC-44065N
Awards	Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Yudh Seva Medal Vishisht Seva Medal

Lieutenant general Manjinder Singh, AVSM, YSM, VSM is a serving general officer of the Indian Army. He currently serves as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief South Western Command. He previously held the appointment of General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Army Training Command. He earlier served as the Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Perspective Planning & Financial Development) at HQ IDS, prior to this he was General Officer Commanding XVI Corps. He also served as Chief of Staff of the Western Command. The general officer is also the COLONEL of the MADRAS REGIMENT since 01 Jan 2021.

Early life and education

The general officer is an alumnus of Sainik School, Kapurthala. He then attended the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla and the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. He obtained other military courses from various institutions such as Defence Services Staff College, Higher Command Course and National Defence College of Thailand.

Military career

He was commissioned into 19th Battalion of the Madras Regiment on 20 December 1986 from the Indian Military Academy. In his distinguished and illustrious military career spanning over 30 years, he has the distinction of tenanting important and challenging command and staff appointments in Jammu & Kashmir and on the Western Front. He commanded his battalion in an intense counter-insurgency environment in Jammu and Kashmir, and tenanted varied staff appointments in Corps and Commands along the Western Front. He was also appointed as a commanding officer for Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir, infantry brigade at the Line of Control (LOC) and an Infantry Division as part of Strike Corps. and a Corps deployed along Line of Control in Counter Insurgency Operations in J&K. The General Officer has tenanted varied staff appointments in Corps and Commands along the Western Front and in the Counter Insurgency Operations environment. The general Officer has also been as an instructor at the Indian Military Academy and Commandant Indian Military Training Team Bhutan. He has also served as the MGGS (Ops) at Headquarters of the Western Command

After being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General, he was appointed as the Chief of Staff of the Western Command. On 29 October 2021, he took over as the General Officer Commanding of White Knight Corps (XVI) from Lieutenant General M.V. Suchindra Kumar. On 1 December 2023, he took over as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Army Training Command succeeding Lieutenant General Surinder Singh Mahal who superannuated on 30 November 2023.

He assumed the appointment of General Officer Commanding-in-Chief South Western Command on 1 July 2024 succeeding Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth who moved to Southern Command as Army Commander.

Awards and decorations

On Republic Day 2024, the general officer was awarded with the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, in 2015 he was awarded the Yudh Seva Medal and the Vishisht Seva Medal in 2019.

Dates of rank

Insignia	Rank	Component	Date of rank
	Second Lieutenant	Indian Army	20 December 1986
	Lieutenant	Indian Army	20 December 1988
	Captain	Indian Army	20 December 1991
	Major	Indian Army	20 December 1997
	Lieutenant-Colonel	Indian Army	16 December 2004
	Colonel	Indian Army	1 May 2007
	Brigadier	Indian Army	24 May 2013 (acting) 9 September 2013 (substantive, with seniority from 24 June 2011)
	Major General	Indian Army	1 December 2018 (seniority from 1 February 2017)
	Lieutenant-General	Indian Army	2021

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