Ajai Kumar Singh
Lieutenant General Ajai Kumar Singh AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM is the General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) Southern Command of the Indian Army. He assumed the post from Lieutenant-General Jai Singh Nain. Career 
A graduate of St Gabriel’s Academy, Roorkee and the National Defence Academy, Singh was commissioned into the 7th battalion of the 11th Gorkha Rifles on 15 December 1984. He is also a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and the National Defence College. Singh commanded 1/11 Gorkha Rifles as part of a Strike Corps, and subsequently on the Line of Control. He later commanded a brigade in Rann Sector, a Counter Insurgency Force in J&K and XXXIII Corps in the Eastern Sector. He has been an Instructor at Commando School, Belgaum and has held a post in the Military Wing at the Indian Embassy, Nepal. He has also served as Director, Military Operations Branch, Deputy Director General, Discipline & Vigilance, Additional Director General of Military Operations and Director General of Operations & Logistics branch at the IHQ of MoD (Army). Personal life
An alumnus of Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling the General Officer is a keen Trekker and Mountaineer having climbed Mount Rathong (22005 ft) in Kanchenjunga Massif. He is a keen sportsman with interest in cycling, Yoga and is an ardent reader of spirituality, mythology, history and nature. The General Officer was married to Mrs Shalini who was a Reikei and Pranic healer with interest in Naturopathy and Yoga and had been actively involved in various welfare activities of troops and families before she left for heavenly abode on 01 Apr 2020. Awards and Decorations

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Living people
Indian generals
Indian Army officers
Recipients of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Recipients of the Vishisht Seva Medal
Recipients of the Yudh Seva Medal
Recipients of the Sena Medal
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National Defence Academy (India) alumni
Defence Services Staff College alumni