Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, the man of the moment

October 01, 2016 21:37

In a break from tradition, Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, the director general of military operations, who planned the Indian Armys surgical strikes against terrorists and their handlers in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on Thursday, briefed the media himself. In doing so, he became the face of the army and the man of the moment.

Lt Gen Ranbir Singh commanded 33 Armoured Division at Hisar in 2012. He has served as a colonel and brigadier in the directorate general of military operations, the nerve centre of military policy, planning and conduct of operations.

The general belongs to Jalandhar and is an alumnus of Sainik School, Kapurthala. He passed out of the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, on December 13, 1980, and was commissioned in 9 Dogra, which he went on to command.

Air Marshal (Retd) Anil Chopra tweeted: "The hoarding outside the Sainik School Kapurthala honouring their proud student Lt Gen Ranbir Singh DGMO. Wow!"

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