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30/04/22 08:12 AM IST

LIEUTENANT GENERAL BAGGAVALLI SOMASHEKAR RAJU

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  • Lieutenant General Baggavalli Somashekar Raju will take over as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff on 01 May 2022.
About BS Raju
  • An alumnus of Sainik School Bijapur and National Defence Academy, he was commissioned in the JAT Regiment on 15th December 1984.
  • He commanded his Battalion during OP PARAKRAM in the Western Theatre and in Jammu & Kashmir.
  • He also holds the distinction of commanding the Uri brigade along the Line of Control, a Counter Insurgency Force and the Chinar Corps in the Kashmir Valley.
  • The General Officer also served as the Commandant, Indian Military Training Team in Bhutan.
  • The General officer is a qualified helicopter pilot having carried out operational flying in Somalia, as part of UNOSOM II.
  • He is also the Colonel of the JAT Regiment.

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