Lt Gen Pushpendra is new GOC-in-C of Western Command

An officer of the Parachute Regiment (Special Forces), Lt Gen Pushpendra Singh was commissioned into the 4th Battalion in December 1987

Lieutenant General Pushpendra Singh on Wednesday took charge as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C), Western Command. He succeeds Lieutenant General Manoj Kumar Katiyar, who retired on March 31.

Lt Gen Pushpendra Singh took charge as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Western Command in Panchkula on Wednesday. (Western command/X)

An officer of the Parachute Regiment (Special Forces), Lt Gen Pushpendra Singh was commissioned into the 4th Battalion in December 1987. He is an alumnus of the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, and Lucknow University.

With a career spanning nearly four decades, he holds a wide range of command and staff appointments. His operational experience includes participation in Operation Pawan, as well as multiple tenures in counter-insurgency operations along the Line of Control and the International Boundary.

On assuming command, Lt Gen Pushpendra Singh reaffirmed his commitment to maintaining high operational readiness, fostering innovation, and ensuring the welfare and morale of all ranks.