Thiruvananthapurm, April 2 -- Lieutenant General Sandeep Jain, assumed command as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Command on Wednesday, succeeding Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth, who has taken over as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff.
An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Lieutenant General 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.
He has commanded an Infantry Battalion in semi-developed terrain and as part of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, an Infantry Brigade in a Strike Corps, a Counter-Insurgency Force, and a Pivot Corps ...