Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Oct 12: Lt Gen Harminderjit Singh Sachdev today assumed the appointment of Chief of Staff Headquarters, Northern Command in a ceremony at the Dhruva War Memorial where he laid a wreath to honour the martyrs.
Lt Gen Sachdev has vast and varied experience of command and staff. He has commanded a Rashtriya Rifles Sector in the Valley and an Infantry Division in the Central Command. He had also been a Brigade Major in a high altitude area, GSO-1 in the vital Perspective Planning Directorate at Army Headquarters, Brigadier General Staff at the Army Training Command and Additional Director General of the Military Operations Directorate at the Army Headquarters.
An alumini of the famous Military School, Ajmer, Lt Gen Sachdev was commissioned in 1976 in the Fourth Battalion, 1st Gorkha Rifles and later commanded 3/1 GR. The General Officer is a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College, Post Graduate from College of Defence Management and also attended the prestigious National Defence College.
The General Officer also holds a post graduate degree in Computer Software Technology. He was awarded the Sena Medal for distinguished and meritorious service in the Army Training command.
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