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Lieutenant General SK Saini took over as 46th Commandant

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46th Commandant of Indian Military Academy Lieutenant General SK Saini

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Lieutenant General SK Saini in third week of May 2016 took over as the 46th Commandant of the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun. Who is Lieutenant General SK Saini? • Lt Gen Saini is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy (NDA) and the Indian Military Academy (IMA). • He was commissioned into the 7th Battalion of the Jat Regiment in June 1981. • He has held various staff, instructional and command appointments. • He has commanded his battalion, a mountain brigade and a counter insurgency force in Jammu & Kashmir. • His staff experience includes appointment of Brigade Major of an Infantry Brigade, GSO1 (Operations) of an Infantry Division, BGS of a Corps, Director, Military Operations and other key appointments at the Army Head Quarters. • He has also been senior directing staff at the National Defence College (NDC) and a weapon instructor in the National Security Guards Training Centre. • He is a graduate of the Army Command and staff course at the Staff College, Camberley, in the UK and has studied at the Royal College of Military Science, Shrivenham, UK. • He has been awarded including the Chief of Army Staff Commendation, the Army Commander Commendation, the Yudh Seva Medal and the Vishisht Seva Medal. About Indian Military Academy • The Indian Military Academy, Dehradun is the officer training Academy of the Indian Army. • It was established in 1932. • The academy is located in the foothills of the Himalayas, about 8 km west of Dehradun in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. • Brigadier L.P. Collins was the first Commandant of IMA. • Brigadier Thakur Mahadeo Singh, DSO, was appointed the first Indian Commandant of the academy. • Brigadier M.M. Khanna, MVC was the first IMA alumni to be appointed Commandant of the IMA.
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