Lieutenant General
Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was norma ...
Abhay Krishna,
PVSM
Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: , ) is a Military awards and decorations, military award of India. It is the highest peacetime medal of the Indian Armed Forces, and is awarded for "dist ...
,
UYSM
Uttam Yudh Seva Medal (UYSM; ''Great War Service Medal'') is one of India's military decorations for Wartime Distinguished Service. It is awarded for a high degree of distinguished services in an operational context. "Operational context" includes ...
,
AVSM
Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM, ) is a military award of India given to recognize "distinguished service of an exceptional order" to all ranks of the armed forces. The award is a peacetime equivalent of Uttam Yuddh Seva Medal, which is a Wartime ...
,
SM,
VSM,
ADC is a retired officer of
Indian Army
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. He served as
General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C),
Central Command from 1 October 2018 following the retirement of
Lieutenant General
Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was norma ...
Balwant Singh Negi
Lieutenant General Balwant Singh Negi, PVSM, UYSM, YSM, SM, VSM & Bar is a former General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C), Central Command of the Indian Army who served in office from 1 December 2015 till 30 September 2018. He assume ...
, to 30 September 2019. He was succeeded by
Lieutenant General
Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was norma ...
Iqroop Singh Ghuman. Prior to that, he commanded the
Eastern Command and
South Western Command of the
Indian Army
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Early life and education
Krishna is an alumnus of
St Xavier's High School,
Patna
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;
National Defence Academy
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, Khadakwasla and
Indian Military Academy
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,
Dehradun
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.
Career
Krishna was commissioned into
Rajputana Rifles
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on 7 June 1980. He has vast experience and has served four tenures along
Line of Actual Control
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, two tenures as UN observer, in Mozambique & Rwanda and as Chief of Staff (UN forces) in Burundi. He has commanded a Rashtriya Rifles Battalion in the Kashmir valley, an infantry battalion in Sikkim, Brigadier General Staff 3 Corps, 27 Mountain division (
Kalimpong
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), Chief of Staff (Delhi area) and GOC
III Corps
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(Dimapur). He has served as GOC-in-C of the
South Western Command (25 January 2017 – 30 July 2017) and GOC-in-C of Eastern Command (1 August 2017 – 30 September 2018). He commanded the RR during Operation Hifazat (Manipur) and Operation Rakshak (Kupwara).
Honours and decorations
During 39 years of his career, he has won a gallantry award in 1994 for being taken hostage, negotiating for release of other hostages and demobilisation of rebel forces during UN Peace Keeping Mission in Mozambique. He has also been awarded a
Vishisht Sena Medal,
Sena Medal
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,
Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
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in 2014,
Uttam Yudh Seva Medal
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in 2017 and
Param Vishisht Seva Medal
Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: , ) is a Military awards and decorations, military award of India. It is the highest peacetime medal of the Indian Armed Forces, and is awarded for "dist ...
in 2018. He was also the Colonel of the Regiment Rajputana Rifles and was Second-in-Command for the Republic Day parade in 2015.
Dates of rank
References
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Living people
Indian generals
Recipients of the Uttam Yudh Seva Medal
Recipients of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Recipients of the Vishisht Seva Medal
National Defence Academy (India) alumni
Recipients of the Sena Medal
Recipients of the Param Vishisht Seva Medal
Year of birth missing (living people)