By means of PTI
NEW DELHI: Lt Common Baggavalli Somashekar Raju will take over as the following vice leader of the Military Group of workers on Would possibly 1, the defence ministry stated on Friday. Lt Gen Raju will prevail incumbent Lt Gen Manoj Pande who will take the reins of the 1.3 million-strong Military after Military Leader Gen MM Naravane completes his time period on Saturday.
A certified helicopter pilot, Lt Gen Raju is recently serving because the Director Common Army Operations and oversaw the Military’s total operational readiness in japanese Ladakh. An alumnus of Sainik Faculty Bijapur and Nationwide Defence Academy, he used to be commissioned into the JAT Regiment on December 15, 1984.
In his illustrious profession spanning 38 years, he had commander his battalion all the way through ‘Operation Parakram’ within the Western theatre and in Jammu and Kashmir. Lt Gen Raju holds the consideration of commanding the Uri brigade alongside the Line of Keep an eye on, a counter-insurgency pressure and on the Srinagar-based Chinar Corps.
The officer additionally served because the commandant of the Indian army coaching staff in Bhutan. The officer additionally served in different essential regimental, workforce and educational appointments within the Military headquarters and in box formations.
“The overall officer is a certified helicopter pilot having performed operational flying in Somalia, as a part of UNOSOM II (UN peacekeeping and humanitarian missions II). Lt Gen Raju has attended all essential profession classes in India and has had the privilege of doing his NDC at Royal School of Defence Research, United Kingdom,” the defence ministry stated.
He additionally holds a outstanding Grasp’s programme stage in counter terrorism on the Naval Postgraduate Faculty, Monterey in the United States. For his illustrious contribution to the provider, he has been awarded Uttam Yudh Seva Medal, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal and Yudh Seva Medal.