Lt Gen Parmar new head of Army Medical Services
New Delhi, Jun 2 (UNI) Lt General Naresh Kumar Parmar today took over as Director General Medical Services (Army).
A graduate from MGM Medical College, Indore, Lt Gen Parmar was commissioned into the Army Medical Corps in July, 1970.
A decade later, he obtained a diploma in Hospital Administration from Pune University and Masters in the same from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in 1989.
He has held important posts of Training Officer at Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune; Commanding Officer of Field Hospital at Hunder (Siachen); Professor and Head of Department of Hospital Administration, AFMC Pune; Deputy Director General Medical Services (Personnel) in Directorate General of Medical Services (Army); Commandant, Command Hospital (Eastern Command); Maj General (Medical); Eastern Command and Additional Director General Armed Forces Medical Services at the Army Headquarters.
An
alumnus
of
National
Defence
College,
Lt
Gen
Parmar
was
awarded
the
Vir
Chakra
for
his
act
of
gallantry
during
the
1971
Indo-Pak
War.
He
was
also
awarded
the
Vishist
Seva
Medal
in
2004,
and
the
Ati
Vishist
Seva
Medal
in
2008
for
his
''unflinching
dedication
to
the
cause
of
service.'' UNI
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