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D. B. Shekatkar
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, VSM is a retired Indian army officer. He was commissioned on 30 June 1963 into the
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. He is currently the chancellor of Sikkim Central University.


Role in Kashmir

General Shekatkar was instrumental in the surrender of 1267 terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir who had been trained in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Post-surrender, the militants returned to normal life. The largest number of surrenders in a day also took place under Shekatkar's command in 1995 when he was a major general — 95 militants surrendered in Aragam and Malanam in
Baramulla district Baramulla district (or Varmul, in Kashmiri) is one of the 20 districts in the Indian-administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in the disputed Kashmir region. The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of ...
on 1 October which was the largest surrender of militants in the valley till then. Majority of the militants were from Hizbul Mujaheddin. Shekatkar briefly served as Commandant of Infantry School starting in 2002.


References

Living people Recipients of the Param Vishisht Seva Medal Year of birth missing (living people) National Defence Academy (India) alumni Indian Military Academy alumni Sikkim University {{India-mil-bio-stub