Lt Gen Ajai K Singh assumes charge of Southern Command
Pune: Lieutenant General Ajai Kumar Singh on Tuesday assumed the command of the elite Southern Army as its 50th Army Commander.
He replaces Lt Gen JS Nain, who steered the formation over the last two years.
On taking charge, the General Officer laid a wreath at the War Memorial, Pune in a solemn ceremony to remember the fallen heroes.
The occasion was followed by a traditional Guard of Honour at Headquarter Southern Command.
Lieutenant General Ajai Kumar Singh is an alumnus of St, Gabriel’s Academy, Roorkee and National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla.
The General officer has a comprehensive and well rounded operational experience through varied command and staff appointments tenanted during his distinguished military career.
He was commissioned in December 1984 into the Eleventh Gorkha Rifles. He commanded a battalion initially as part of Strike Corps and subsequently in Jammu & Kashmir on the Line of Control.
The General Officer commanded a Brigade in Rann Sector, a Counter Insurgency Force in Jammu & Kashmir and the strategically important Trishakti Corps in the Eastern Sector.
He is academically inclined and an ardent reader with interest in spirituality, mythology, military history and nature.
He is a graduate of Defence Service Staff College, Wellington on a competitive vacancy and attended the National Defence College (NDC) Course.
The General Officer has been an Instructor at Commando School, Belgaum and has also tenanted a foreign assignment with Military Wing at the Indian Embassy, Nepal.
He has held many prestigious staff appointments including the 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).
As an apt recognition of his devotion to duty, he has been awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, Yudh Seva Medal, Sena Medal, Vishisht Seva Medal, two Chief of Army Staff Commendation Cards and a General Officer Commanding in Chief Commendation card.
Lt General Ajai Kumar Singh is a keen mountaineer and has scaled Mount Rathong (22005 ft) on the Kanchenjunga Massif.
He is also a keen sportsman, cyclist & yoga enthusiast.
