Jaipur, April 1 -- Lieutenant General Sandeep Jain assumed command as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command, on Wednesday.

He succeeds Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth, who took over as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff today.

An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Lieutenant General Sandeep Jain was commissioned into the MAHAR Regiment in June 1988. Over a distinguished career spanning nearly four decades, he has held a wide range of command and staff appointments across diverse operational environments, a release said.

The General Officer has commanded an Infantry Battalion in semi-developed terrain as well as in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, an Infantry Brigade in a Strike Corps, a Counter Insurgen...