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Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi Takes Over As Army Commander, Northern Command

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February 1, 2022
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Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi Takes Over As Army Commander, Northern Command
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Jammu, Feb 1: Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi  on Tuesday assumed the appointment of General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Northern Command.

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Lt General Upendra Dwivedi was Deputy Chief of the Army Staff prior to being appointed as the Army Commander, Northern Command. He was commissioned into the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles Regiment and in a career spanning over 37 years, served across a wide spectrum of terrain and operational profiles. He tenanted a number of important Command, Staff and Instructional appointments making immense contributions to the organization, defence ministry spokesman based in Jammu said.

Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi is an alumnus of Sainik School, Rewa, National Defence Academy, and Indian Military Academy. He graduated from the prestigious Defence Service Staff College, attended Higher Command Course at Army War College and the National Defence College equivalent course at United State Army War College.

The General Officer commanded his battalion in the Kashmir Valley, Assam Rifles Sector along the Indo-Myanmar Border, Inspectorate General Assam Rifles (IGAR, East). Later, the General Officer commanded Rising Star Corps based at Yol. He has served as staff officer in an Armoured Brigade, Directorate General of Military Operations, Military Secretary Branch and at Divisional and Corps Headquarters. The General Officer has had instructional tenures at the Indian Military Academy and Army War College. He also had two overseas tenures in Somalia and Seychelles. He served in the Directorate General of Infantry in different capacities including Director General of Infantry and fast-tracked procurement cases of weapons leading to significant and visible capability enhancement for the Army.

On assuming the command of the Northern Command, the General Officer paid homage to the brave hearts of Northern Command and laid the wreath at the Dhruva War Memorial. Later, he conveyed his greetings to all ranks and expressed his commitment to take forward the excellent work by his predecessors and all ranks of Northern Command.

 

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