Devendra Sharma (general)

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Devendra Sharma
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General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Army Training Command
Assumed office
1 July 2024
Service numberIC-47003Y
Awards

Lieutenant General Devendra Sharma, AVSM, SM is a serving general officer of the Indian Army. He currently serves as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Army Training Command. [1] He previously served as the Chief of Staff, Western Command. [2] He earlier served as General Officer Commanding Vajra Corps (XI Corps), [3] prior to that he served as Chief of Staff, Western Command. [4] The general officer is also the Colonel of the Scinde Horse.

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Early life and education

The general officer is an alumnus of Mayo College, Ajmer. [5] He then attended the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla and the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. [1] In Indian Military Academy, he was awarded the Sword of Honour for standing first in overall merit. [6] He is also an alumnus of Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, College of Defence Management, Secunderabad and Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi. While doing Higher Defence Management Course at CDM, he was awarded the Chief of Army Staff Trophy for standing First in overall order of merit. [7]

Military career

He was commissioned into the 14th Horse (Scinde Horse) on 19 December 1987 from the Indian Military Academy. [8] He has commanded the Scinde Horse, an armoured brigade as part of the strike corps, an infantry division and a corps on the western front, an instructor at the National Defence Academy, a Staff Officer Operations in the Indian Military Training Team, Bhutan and the Chief Military Personnel Officer of the United Nations Mission in Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). [1] He has a rich experience of both conventional and counter insurgency operations. As a young officer, he served with an Infantry Battalion in OPERATION RAKSHAK (J&K) where he was awarded the Sena Medal for Gallantry. [7]

After being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant general, he assumed the appointment of Chief of Staff, Western Command on 18 October 2021. [4] On 11 February 2022, he took over as the General Officer Commanding Vajra Corps (XI Corps) from Lieutenant general C Bansi Ponnappa. [3] A year later on 16 May 2023 he assumed appointment as the Chief of Staff, Western Command. [2]

On 1 July 2024, he took over as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Army Training Command succeeding Lieutenant general Manjinder Singh who moved to South Western Command as Army Commander. [1]

Awards and decorations

He was conferred with the award of Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in 2022 [9] and Sena Medal for gallantry. He has also been awarded with Central Army Commander's Commendation card and UN Force Commander's Appreciation. [1]

Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg Sena Medal ribbon.svg
IND Special Service Medal Ribbon.svg IND Operation Vijay medal.svg IND Operation Parakram medal.svg IND Sainya Seva Medal Ribbon.svg
IND High Altitude Medal Ribbon.svg IND Videsh Seva Medal Ribbon.svg 75yearmedal.svg IND 50th Anniversary Independence medal.svg
IND 30 Years Long Service Ribbon.svg IND 20YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg IND 9YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg MONUC Medal bar.gif
Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Sena Medal
Special Service Medal Operation Vijay Medal Operation Parakram Medal Sainya Seva Medal
High Altitude Medal Videsh Seva Medal 75th Independence Anniversary Medal 50th Independence Anniversary Medal
30 Years Long Service Medal 20 Years Long Service Medal 9 Years Long Service Medal MONUSCO

Dates of rank

InsigniaRankComponentDate of rank
Second Lieutenant of the Indian Army.svg Second Lieutenant Indian Army 19 December 1987 [8]
Lieutenant of the Indian Army.svg Lieutenant Indian Army 19 December 1989 [10]
Captain of the Indian Army.svg Captain Indian Army 19 December 1992 [11]
Major of the Indian Army.svg Major Indian Army 19 December 1998
Lieutenant Colonel of the Indian Army.svg Lieutenant Colonel Indian Army 16 December 2004 [12]
Colonel of the Indian Army.svg Colonel Indian Army 1 January 2008 [13]
Brigadier of the Indian Army.svg Brigadier Indian Army 1 June 2014 (acting)

1 November 2014 (substantive, with seniority from 27 January 2012) [14]

Major General of the Indian Army.svg Major General Indian Army 1 September 2019 (seniority from 1 January 2018) [15]
Lieutenant General of the Indian Army.svg Lieutenant General Indian Army 2021

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Military offices
Preceded by General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Army Training Command
1 July 2024 - Present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Vijay B Nair
Chief of Staff, Western Command
16 May 2023 - 30 June 2024
Succeeded by
Mohit Wadhwa
Preceded by General Officer Commanding XI Corps
11 February 2022 – 15 May 2023
Succeeded by
Vijay B Nair
Preceded by Chief of Staff, Western Command
18 October 2021 - 10 February 2022
Succeeded by
Vijay B Nair