General Bikram Singh, a veteran infantry officer, assumed the charge
as the 25th Chief of the Indian Army. He succeeded General V K Singh
whose 26-month tenure came to end on 31 May 2012.
Bikram Singh, 59, will remain at the top position for next two years
and three months. Prior to his appointment to the top post, General
Bikram served as commanding officer of the Eastern Army Command. He is
the second Sikh to reach the top notch position, the first having been
General JJ Singh.
In his 40-year-long illustrious career with the Indian army, General
Bikram Singh held a number of vital positions in counter insurgency
areas as the Corps Commander of Srinagar-based 15 Corps and
Akhnoor-based 10 Division as Major General.
The officer joined the Sikh Light Infantry regiment on 31 March 1972
after attending the prestigious Indian MilitaryAcademy (IMA). At the
IMA, he held the appointment of battalion cadet adjutant and was awarded
the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles gold medal for 'tactics and leadership'
and the Shriganesh Trophy.
The officer was in charge of media briefing during the Kargil war. At
Military Operations Directorate in Kargil he was assigned with the task
to brief the media about the developments taking place in the war.
Singh attended the US Army War College in Pennsylvania and has served
with the United Nations peace force in Central America and as the
deputy force commander and GOC of Eastern Division in the Democratic
Republic of Congo.
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