Devraj Anbu

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Devraj Anbu
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39th Vice Chief of the Army Staff
In office
1 June 2018 31 August 2019

Lieutenant General Devraj Anbu, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, ADC is a retired general officer of the Indian Army who served as 39th Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS). He assumed office on 1 June 2018 following the retirement of Lieutenant General Sarath Chand, [2] and retired on 31 August 2019. [3] [4] He also served as General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief Northern Command from 1 December 2016 to 31 May 2018, [5] prior to that commanding Northern Command, he had commanded IV Corps in the North East.

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Early life and education

Gen Anbu is an alumnus of Sainik School, Amaravathinagar, [6] the National Defence Academy, Pune and Defence Services Staff College, Wellington. He also attended the higher command course at Army War College, Mhow and a National Defence College equivalent university at Jakarta, Indonesia. [7] [6]

Military career

He was commissioned into 14th Sikh Light Infantry on 7 June 1980. He has vast experience and has served in all types of operational environments ranging including Siachen Glacier; Counter-Insurgency Operations in Kashmir and Manipur; Operation Pawan in Sri Lanka. He has commanded a unit during Operation Parakram; a 53 Infantry brigade on the Line Of Control; 17 Mountain Division in Sikkim; Indian Military Training Team in Bhutan; IV Corps (Tezpur). He has held staff appointments which include General Staff Operation at the Division level in North-East India, General Staff Operation at Corps Level in Kashmir, and Military observer with UN peacekeeping mission in Namibia (UNTAG). [8] [6] [9]

During 37 years of his career he has been awarded the Sena Medal for Operation Meghdoot, Yudh Seva Medal (2010) for command of 53 Infantry brigade, the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal for the command of 17 Mountain division, Uttam Yudh Seva Medal (2016) and the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (2017) for his service as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command. [10] He is also the Colonel Of The Regiment of the Sikh Light Infantry . [7] [11] [12]

Honours and decorations

The general officer has been awarded with the Param Vishisht Seva Medal in 2017, Uttam Yudh Seva Medal in 2016, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, Yudh Seva Medal in 2010 and the Sena Medal.

Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg Uttam Yudh Seva Medal ribbon.svg Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg
Yudh Seva Medal ribbon.svg Sena Medal ribbon.svg Wound Medal-India.svg IND Samanya Seva medal.svg
IND Special Service Medal Ribbon.svg IND Siachen Glacier 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 IND 50th Anniversary Independence medal.svg
IND 30 Years Long Service Ribbon.svg IND 20YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg IND 9YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg UNTAG.gif
Param Vishisht Seva Medal Uttam Yudh Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Yudh Seva Medal Sena Medal Wound Medal Samanya Seva Medal
Special Service Medal Siachen Glacier Medal Operation Vijay Medal Operation Parakram Medal
Sainya Seva Medal High Altitude Service Medal Videsh Seva Medal 50th Anniversary of Independence Medal
30 Years Long Service Medal 20 Years Long Service Medal 9 Years Long Service Medal UNTAG

Dates of rank

InsigniaRankComponentDate of rank
Second Lieutenant of the Indian Army.svg Second Lieutenant Indian Army 7 June 1980 [1]
Lieutenant of the Indian Army.svg Lieutenant Indian Army7 June 1982 [13]
Captain of the Indian Army.svg Captain Indian Army7 June 1985 [14]
Major of the Indian Army.svg Major Indian Army7 June 1991 [15]
Lieutenant Colonel of the Indian Army.svg Lieutenant-Colonel Indian Army31 December 2002 [16]
Colonel of the Indian Army.svg Colonel Indian Army1 February 2005 [17]
Brigadier of the Indian Army.svg Brigadier Indian Army1 August 2008 (seniority from 7 January 2008) [18]
Major General of the Indian Army.svg Major General Indian Army1 January 2013 (seniority from 4 April 2011) [19]
Lieutenant General of the Indian Army.svg Lieutenant-General Indian Army12 October 2015 (substantive) [20]

Personal life

Lt Gen Anbu's father late Shri. Devaraj also rendered his services in Army. They hail from an agricultural family from Madurai, Usilampatti, Vagaikulam village. He is married to Mrs Gowri Anbu and they have a son who is serving in the Indian Army. He likes yoga, painting and gardening. [7]

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Military offices
Preceded by Vice Chief of Army Staff
1 June 2018 – 31 August 2019
Succeeded by
Preceded by General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief Northern Command
1 December 2016 – 31 May 2018
Succeeded by
Preceded by General Officer Commanding IV Corps
17 November 2015 – 24 December 2016
Succeeded by