Nav Kumar Khanduri

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Nav Kumar Khanduri

Lt Gen Nav K Khanduri.jpg
AllegianceFlag of India.svg  India
Service/branchFlag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army
Years of serviceDecember 1983 – June 2023
Rank Lieutenant-General
Service number IC-41495M
Unit 27 Air Defence Regiment
(Corps of Army Air Defence)
Commands held IA Western Command.svg Western Command
XXIII Corps
15 Infantry Division
Awards Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg Vishisht Seva Medal
Alma mater National Defence Academy
Indian Military Academy
Defence Services Staff College

Lieutenant General Nav Kumar Khanduri [1] AVSM, VSM is a retired general officer in the Indian Army, and the former General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Command since November 2021. He is the first officer from the Corps of Army Air Defence to become an army commander. [2]

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Biography

An alumnus of Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehradun and the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, Khanduri passed out with the 73rd Regular Course from the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun and was commissioned into 27 AD Missile Regiment (Amritsar Airfield) on 17 December 1983. [1] [3] He commanded an air defence brigade in Operation Rakshak and a mountain brigade in Operation Falcon. [2] [4] He served as an instructor at the College of Defence Management, Secunderabad and has held various staff appointments in field, high altitude and Integrated Headquarters postings.

Khanduri has also served with the Indian Military Training Team in Bhutan, as a United Nations Military Observer with the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia and as Deputy Chief Integrated Service Support with the United Nations Mission in Ivory Coast. [2] He commanded 15 Infantry Division, and was subsequently appointed Director General Operational Logistics and Strategic Movement before assuming command of XXXIII Corps in September 2019. [5] On 30 June 2023, he formally retired from the Army. [6]

Awards and decorations

He was awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal in the 2016 Republic Day decorations list, [7] the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in the 2021 Republic Day decorations list and [8] the Param Vishisht Seva Medal in 2023.

Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg Vishisht Seva 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 UNTAC Medal bar.gif UN UNOCI Medal ribbon.svg
Param Vishisht Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Vishisht Seva Medal Special Service Medal
Operation Vijay Medal Operation Parakram Medal Sainya Seva Medal High Altitude Service Medal
Videsh Seva Medal 75th Anniversary of Independence Medal 50th Anniversary of Independence Medal 30 Years Long Service Medal
20 Years Long Service Medal 9 Years Long Service Medal United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire UN Transitional Authority, Cambodia

Dates of rank

InsigniaRankComponentDate of rank
Second Lieutenant of the Indian Army.svg Second Lieutenant Indian Army 17 December 1983 [1]
Lieutenant of the Indian Army.svg Lieutenant Indian Army17 December 1985
Captain of the Indian Army.svg Captain Indian Army17 December 1988 [9]
Major of the Indian Army.svg Major Indian Army17 December 1994 [10]
Lieutenant Colonel of the Indian Army.svg Lieutenant-Colonel Indian Army16 December 2004 [11]
Colonel of the Indian Army.svg Colonel Indian Army15 March 2006 [12]
Brigadier of the Indian Army.svg Brigadier Indian Army18 March 2011 (with seniority from 1 September 2009) [13]
Major General of the Indian Army.svg Major General Indian Army3 April 2016 (with seniority from 23 August 2014) [14]
Lieutenant General of the Indian Army.svg Lieutenant-General Indian Army1 September 2018 [15]

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Military offices
Preceded by General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Command
1 November 2021–30 June 2023
Succeeded by
Preceded by General Officer Commanding XXXIII Corps
13 September 2019–13 September 2020
Succeeded by
Ajai Kumar Singh