New Delhi, Dec 03: The government has appointed Lt
Gen Jasbir Singh as the new Director General of Infantry at
the Army headquarters here, a month after the post fell vacant
following the retirement of incumbent Lt Gen Rajendra Singh.
Commissioned in the Dogra regiment in 1972, Lt Gen Jasbir
Singh is an alumnus of National Defence Academy and a graduate
of Defence Services Staff College, Wellington.
During his 36 years of service, he has held various staff
and command appointments, which include a three-year-long
tenure as Defence Attache in Myanmar.
He has commanded an infantry battalion and division in
counter-insurgency operations in Jammu & Kashmir and a brigade
in the western sector.
Bureau Report
First Published: Wednesday, December 03, 2008, 00:00