Nav Kumar Khanduri

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Lieutenant General

Nav Kumar Khanduri

PVSM, AVSM, VSM
File:Lt Gen Nav K Khanduri.jpg
AllegianceFile:Flag of India.svg India
BranchFile:Flag of Indian Army.svg Indian Army
Service yearsDecember 1983 – June 2023
RankLieutenant-General
Service numberIC-41495M
Unit27 Air Defence Regiment
(Corps of Army Air Defence)
CommandsFile:IA Western Command.svg Western Command
XXIII Corps
15 Infantry Division
AwardsFile:Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
File:Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg Vishisht Seva Medal
Alma materNational Defence Academy
Indian Military Academy
Defence Services Staff College

Lieutenant General Nav Kumar Khanduri[1] AVSM, VSM is a retired general officer in the Indian Army, and the former General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Command since November 2021. He is the first officer from the Corps of Army Air Defence to become an army commander.[2]

Biography

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An alumnus of Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehradun and the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, Khanduri passed out with the 73rd Regular Course from the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun and was commissioned into 27 AD Missile Regiment (Amritsar Airfield) on 17 December 1983.[1][3] He commanded an air defence brigade in Operation Rakshak and a mountain brigade in Operation Falcon.[2][4] He served as an instructor at the College of Defence Management, Secunderabad and has held various staff appointments in field, high altitude and Integrated Headquarters postings.

Khanduri has also served with the Indian Military Training Team in Bhutan, as a United Nations Military Observer with the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia and as Deputy Chief Integrated Service Support with the United Nations Mission in Ivory Coast.[2] He commanded 15 Infantry Division, and was subsequently appointed Director General Operational Logistics and Strategic Movement before assuming command of XXXIII Corps in September 2019.[5] On 30 June 2023, he formally retired from the Army.[6]

Awards and decorations

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He was awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal in the 2016 Republic Day decorations list,[7] the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in the 2021 Republic Day decorations list and [8] the Param Vishisht Seva Medal in 2023.

File:Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg File:Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg File:Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg File:IND Special Service Medal Ribbon.svg
File:IND Operation Vijay medal.svg File:IND Operation Parakram medal.svg File:IND Sainya Seva Medal Ribbon.svg File:IND High Altitude Medal Ribbon.svg
File:IND Videsh Seva Medal Ribbon.svg File:75yearmedal.svg File:IND 50th Anniversary Independence medal.svg File:IND 30 Years Long Service Ribbon.svg
File:IND 20YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg File:IND 9YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg File:UN UNTAC Medal ribbon.svg File:UN UNOCI Medal ribbon.svg
Param Vishisht Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Vishisht Seva Medal Special Service Medal
Operation Vijay Medal Operation Parakram Medal Sainya Seva Medal High Altitude Service Medal
Videsh Seva Medal 75th Anniversary of Independence Medal 50th Anniversary of Independence Medal 30 Years Long Service Medal
20 Years Long Service Medal 9 Years Long Service Medal United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire UN Transitional Authority, Cambodia

Dates of rank

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Insignia Rank Component Date of rank
File:Second Lieutenant of the Indian Army.svg Second Lieutenant Indian Army 17 December 1983[1]
File:Lieutenant of the Indian Army.svg Lieutenant Indian Army 17 December 1985
File:Captain of the Indian Army.svg Captain Indian Army 17 December 1988[9]
File:Major of the Indian Army.svg Major Indian Army 17 December 1994[10]
File:Lieutenant Colonel of the Indian Army.svg Lieutenant-Colonel Indian Army 16 December 2004[11]
File:Colonel of the Indian Army.svg Colonel Indian Army 15 March 2006[12]
File:Brigadier of the Indian Army.svg Brigadier Indian Army 18 March 2011 (with seniority from 1 September 2009)[13]
File:Major General of the Indian Army.svg Major General Indian Army 3 April 2016 (with seniority from 23 August 2014)[14]
File:Lieutenant General of the Indian Army.svg Lieutenant-General Indian Army 1 September 2018[15]

References

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