Lt Gen S K Singh To Take Over As Army Vice Chief

October 31, 2011

New Delhi, Oct 31 (PTI) Lt Gen S K Singh, a veteran Gorkha soldier, will tomorrow take over as the Vice Chief of the Indian Army succeeding Lt Gen A S Lamba who retired today. With more than two years of service left, Lt Gen Singh will have the enormous task of ensuring that Army's future force structures are capable of meeting current and future obligations more effectively based on a 'Threat-cum-Capability Approach', officials said here. In his career of over 35 years, Lt Gen S K Singh has commanded a Brigade in Siachen Glacier, an Infantry Division on Line of Control, 14 Corps in Leh and was the South Western Army Commander in Jaipur before moving to the Army headquarters. "He has the privilege of being Colonel of 8 Gorkha Rifles (Sam's Own) since April 2006, of which Field Marshal SHFJ Manekshaw was the first Colonel Post Independence. Lt Gen Lamba, who retired today, was responsible for the close integration of military operations, intelligence, operational logistics and perspective planning as the Vice Chief. He had been intimately involved in the ongoing process of "Transformation" of the Indian Army and steered the same with focus on reorganisation of headquarters, force restructuring and accretions. Meanwhile, Lt Gen Gyan Bhuashan, a Mahar Regiment officer, will replace Lt Gen S K Singh in the South Western Army Command.