Lieutenant General K. T. Parnaik PVSM,UYSM,YSM (born 28 June 1953) is a retired general officer of the Indian Army who is serving as Governor of Arunachal Pradesh. [2] [3] [4] He is the first person from Maharashtra who take over as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Northern Command. [5]
Parnaik studied at the St. Aloysius Senior Secondary School,along with his brother A. T. Parnaik,also a lieutenant general,who retired as Director General Border Roads. [6] Later He joined Sainik School,Rewa and National Defence Academy. He was commissioned into the 2nd Rajputana Rifles on 31 March 1972 from the Indian Military Academy. He attended the Defence Services Staff College,Wellington. He commanded the 2nd battalion,The Rajputana Rifles (2 RajRif) in the Rajasthan Sector and in Jammu and Kashmir. He also attended the Senior Command and the Higher Command Course. [7]
On 26 January 2003,Parnaik was awarded the Yudh Seva Medal for his command of an infantry brigade during the 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff. He attended the National Defence College in 2004 as part of the 44th course. [8] [9]
Promoted to the rank of Major General,Parnaik was appointed General officer commanding 17 Mountain Division in Sikkim. [10] He later commanded the Indian Military Training Team (IMTRAT) in Bhutan. [11] In 2009,Parnaik was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General and appointed General officer commanding IV Corps in Tezpur. After a year-long tenure as GOC IV Corps,he moved to Army HQ as the Director General Perspective Planning - DG (PP). For his tenure as GOC IV Corps,on 26 January 2010,Parnaik was awarded the Uttam Yudh Seva Medal. [12]
On 1 December 2010,Parnaik was accorded the status of Army Commander and named the Commander-designate of the Northern Command. He took over from Lieutenant General B. S. Jaswal on 1 January 2011. [13] On 26 January 2012,he was awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. [14] After a two-and-a-half year stint as Northern Army Commander,he retired from the Army on 30 June 2013. [15]
Parnaik was appointed Governor by Droupadi Murmu,President of India on 12 February 2023. [16] He was congratulated by Pema Khandu,Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, [17] Chowna Mein,Deputy Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh [18] and Yogi Adityanath,Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for becoming Governor. [19]
Brij Mohan Kaul (1912–1972) was a Lieutenant General in the Indian Army. He served as the Chief of General Staff during 1961–1962 and was regarded as a key architect of Indian military response to the Chinese challenge. In October 1962,he was given the command of a newly raised IV Corps to counter the impending Chinese invasion of NEFA,but it got routed by the Chinese. He resigned in the aftermath of the war,and was awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal in 1960.
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