Lt Gen (Dr) DDS Sandhu is Hony ADC to Prez

New Delhi, Jan 11 (UNI) Lt Gen (Dr) DDS Sandhu, Director General of Ordnance Services and Senior Colonel Commandant of the Army Ordnance Corps, has been appointed as honorary ADC to the President, it was officially announced today.

The General officer -- an alumnus of the National Defence Academy -- was commissioned in the Army Ordnance Corps on June 11, 1967.

He is a graduate of the Defence Service Staff College, Wellington and has done his post-graduation in Defence Studies from Madras University and MPhil in Defence&Management Studies from Devi Ahilya Bai University, Indore.

The General officer has an MBA in Materials Management from Rani Durgawati Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur and MDBA from IIMM, Pune. He is also a Fellow of the British Institute of Management, Honorary fellow and Member of Board of Studies of the Indian Institute of Materials Management and Patron of the Asian Council of Logistics Management.

The General officer -- having an inclination towards research on vital issues of military logistics -- acquired his Doctorate in 'International Marketing of Indian Defence Products' from Punjabi University, Patiala.

He has been awarded the 'Honouris Causa' Doctorate of Letters from the Rani Durgawati Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur in recognition of his emminence in the Materials Management field.

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