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Years of service | 1979 – 31 July 2019 |
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Service number | IC-38266W |
Unit | Brigade of the Guards |
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Lieutenant General Surinder Singh, PVSM, AVSM & Bar, VSM is a retired officer of Indian Army who served as General Officer Commander-in-Chief (GOC-in-C), Western Command.[1][2][3][4][5][6] He took office of the Chairman, Punjab Public Service Commission on 21 August 2019.[7]
Early life and education
Singh is an alumnus of National Defence Academy, Pune and Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. He has also attended National Defence College, New Delhi and the Higher Command Course at Staff College, Camberley (Surrey).[3]
Career
Singh was commissioned into 2nd battalion Brigade of the Guards in 1979. He has vast experience counter insurgency and operational environments. He has commanded an Armoured brigade, a division in a strike Corps and a XXXIII Corps (Siliguri). He has also held staff appointments at the Military Operations Directorate, the Perspective Planning Directorate at the Army Headquarters, headed the Territorial Army,[8] a military observer with the UN mission in Liberia and other key operational roles.[3][1][9]
He assumed the office of General Officer Commander-in-Chief (GOC-in-C), Western Command on 17 September 2016, after Lt General Kamal Jit Singh retired on 31 July 2016,[2][3][4] and served in the same capacity till 31 July 2019. He was succeeded by Lt Gen Ravendra Pal Singh.[6]
During four decades of his career, he has been awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal, the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in 2015, and the Param Vishisht Seva Medal in 20109.[10] He is also ‘The Colonel’ of the Brigade of The Guards.[3][11]
Honours and decorations
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Dates of rank
Insignia | Rank | Component | Date of rank |
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Second Lieutenant | Indian Army | 22 December 1979[12] |
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Lieutenant | Indian Army | 22 December 1981[13] |
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Captain | Indian Army | 22 December 1984[14] |
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Major | Indian Army | 22 December 1990[15] |
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Lieutenant-Colonel | Indian Army | 31 December 2000[16] |
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Colonel | Indian Army | 31 October 2004[17] |
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Brigadier | Indian Army | 1 August 2008 (seniority from 16 July 2007)[18] |
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Major General | Indian Army | 30 April 2012 (seniority from 11 October 2010)[19] |
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Lieutenant-General | Indian Army | 24 April 2015[20] |
References
- ^ a b "Lt Gen Surinder Singh to be army's Western Command chief". www.hindustantimes.com/. 2016-08-09. Archived from the original on 2017-10-07. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
- ^ a b "Lt Gen Surinder Singh is new Western Army Commander". The Indian Express. 2016-09-17. Archived from the original on 2017-10-07. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
- ^ a b c d e "Western Command - Indian Army". Archived from the original on 2017-10-07.
- ^ a b "Tribune - Surinder Singh to be western army commander". Archived from the original on 2016-11-15.
- ^ "Top level changes in the army soon". Archived from the original on 2017-10-07.
- ^ a b "Lt Gen Ravindra Pal Singh is next GOC-in-C Western Command, to take over on Oct 1". 2019-07-23.
- ^ https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/ppsc-chairman-2-members-take-oath/820235.html
- ^ "Press Information Bureau". Archived from the original on 2017-10-08. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
- ^ "Army HQs issues postings of few Lt Generals, no word on GOC-in-C Western Command". The Indian Express. 2016-08-13. Archived from the original on 2017-10-07. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
- ^ "Press Information Bureau". pib.nic.in.
- ^ "Press Information Bureau". Archived from the original on 2017-10-08. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 27 December 1980. p. 1477.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 12 June 1982. p. 847.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 27 April 1985. p. 578.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 22 February 1992. p. 339.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 20 December 2003. p. 1696.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 3 December 2005. p. 2396.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 16 May 2009. p. 963.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 22 March 2014. p. 427.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 12 December 2015. p. 3146.