Lt Gen Manoj Katiyar appointed DG of Military Operations

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Lieutenant General Manoj Kumar Katiyar
Lieutenant General Manoj Kumar Katiyar

 

New Delhi

Lieutenant General Manoj Kumar Katiyar has been appointed as the next Director-General of Military Operations.

He will take charge on May 1. He is presently the General Officer Commanding of 1 Corps, a strike formation responsible for offensive operations against both Pakistan and China.

He had also served as Director of General Staff Duties at Army Headquarters.

An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, General Katiyar was commissioned in the 23rd Battalion of the Rajput Regiment in June 1986, which he later commanded along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir as well as in Arunachal Pradesh.

He also commanded an infantry brigade along the Western borders and a mountain division.

Besides attending the National Defence College, New Delhi, he is also a distinguished graduate of the National War College, USA.

He served as an instructor in the Indian Military Training Team in Bhutan and at the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington.