By: Lt Col JS Sodhi (Retd), Editor, GSDN

Lieutenant General Shrinjay Pratap Singh, Yudh Seva Medal has assumed the appointment of Chief of Staff of the Pune-based Southern Command of the Indian Army on October 01, 2024. The Southern Command is the biggest operational command of the Indian Army that has the onerous task of guarding the western borders of India.

An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla and the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, the General Officer is a second-generation Officer and was commissioned into Infantry on June 10, 1989. He has served in varied terrain and operational areas, having commanded an Infantry Battalion in the semi-desert sector, a Brigade in Counter-Insurgency/Counter-Terrorist operations in the Kashmir Valley, Division on northern borders and a Corps on the western front in Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab. For his exemplary achievements as Brigade Commander, the General Officer has been conferred with Yudh Seva Medal.

The General Officer made it in the competitive list of Defence Staff Selection Course which is a prestigious course in the Indian Army, attended Higher Command Course at Army War College, Mhow and also has the distinction of undergoing the National Defence College Course from Army War College, Carlisle, USA.

Lt Gen SP Singh, YSM holds a Master’s degree from Madras University, Chennai, M Phil degree from Devi Ahilya University, Indore and is a Masters in Strategic Studies from Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA, USA. He has also served in numerous staff appointments, some of the important ones being the Military Operations Directorate, Colonel (General Staff) of an Infantry Division in the Kashmir Valley and has also been the Brigadier General Staff Headquarters of Chinar Corps.