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Ram Chander Tiwari,

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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 is a serving

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in the

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. He currently serves as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command. He previously served as the

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Uttar Bharat Area and General Officer Commanding III Corps. He earlier held the appointment of Chief of Staff of the South Western Command. The general officer is also the Colonel of the

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& Naga Regiment and the KUMAON SCOUTS.

Early life and education

He is an alumnus of National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla and the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. He has attended the

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, Higher Defence Management Course and National Defence College, New Delhi. He is also a graduate of Swiss Army Chemical Warfare School and US Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, USA.https://indianarmy.nic.in/leaders/leaders-site-main/army-commanders

Military career

He was commissioned into the 4th battalion of the

on 13 June 1987 from the

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. Tiwari served as a Brigade Major of a mountain brigade along Northern Borders. He also served a

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battalion as 2IC and commanded his Battalion in active Counter Insurgency area of Assam (OP RHINO). He served three tenures in Military Operations Directorate, Col General Staff of a Mountain Division in High Altitude in J&K, DDG KRA Cell in COAS Sectt and Dy MS in Military Secretary's Branch. He then served twice with the United Nations, first as a

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and later as Deputy Chief of Staff at Force HQ in

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. He commanded a Mountain Brigade in High Altitude Area of North Sikkim, wherein he was rewarded with

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. He also commanded the 17th Infantry Division along the LAC, wherein he was awarded

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. After being promoted to the rank of

, he was appointed as the Chief of Staff of the South Western Command. In March 2022, he took over as the General Officer Commanding of Spear Corps (III) in the Eastern Theatre. Tiwari was awarded

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for his distinguished service while commanding the

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in Eastern Theatre. A year later in April 2023, the general officer took over the command of Uttar Bharat Area. On 1 January 2024, he took over as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command succeeding

Rana Pratap Kalita who superannuated on 31 December 2023.

Awards and decorations

The General officer has been awarded with the

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 2025, the

in 2023, the

and the

Dates of rank

References

{{s-end Indian generals Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Recipients of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Recipients of the Sena Medal National Defence Academy (India) alumni Defence Services Staff College alumni College of Defence Management alumni National Defence College, India alumni