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Dimapur, May 14 (EMN): Lieutenant General Sukhdeep Sangwan, Sena Medal and Bar was appointed as the 20th Director General Assam Rifles (DGAR) on May 14. An update from the AR informed on May 14 Monday.
According to the update, the general officer is an alumnus of Officers Training School Chennai and was commissioned into the Rajputana Rifles in August 1982. He is also an alumnus of Defence Services Staff College Wellington, College of Defence Management Secunderabad, and the National Defence College.
Sangwan has a vast combat experience including counter insurgency and counter terrorism operations in Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, and Nagaland. He participated in Operation Blue Star, Operation Vijay, and Operation Parakram. He commanded his unit 21 Rajputana Rifles in East Sikkim and Assam, a mountain brigade in high altitude area in North Sikkim and an elite mountain division in Arunachal Pradesh, the press release stated.
Sangwan also has the distinction of serving as the commandant of the Rajputana Rifles Regimental Centre in Delhi. He has been bestowed twice with Sena Medal for distinguished service after successful command of his brigade as well as division. In addition, he is a recipient of chief of integrated staff’s commendation card.
The new director general has also ventured into literary pursuits and has authored a book on “Integrated Force Projection by India” and co-authored another one on “Comprehensive National Power”, the press release added.