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Lt Gen Jasbir Singh, new Director Gen of Infantry
New
Delhi,
Dec
3:
The
one
month
long
vacant
post
of
Director
General
of
Infantry
will
now
be
filled
by
Lt
General
Jasbir
Singh
at
the
Army
Headquarters.
The
post
was
vacant
following
the
retirement
of
the
incumbent,
Lt
Gen
Rajendra
Singh.
Commissioned
in
the
Dogra
regiment
in
1972,
Lt
Gen
Jasbir
Singh
is
an
alumnus
of
National
Defence
Academy
and
a
graduate
of
Defence
Services
Staff
College,
Wellington.
During
his
36
years
of
service,
he
has
held
various
staff
and
command
appointments,
which
include
a
three-year-long
tenure
as
Defence
Attache
in
Myanmar.
He
has
commanded
an
infantry
battalion
and
division
in
counter-insurgency
operations
in
Jammu
Kashmir
and
a
brigade
in
the
western
sector.
OneIndia News
Story first published: Wednesday, December 10, 2008, 14:05 [IST]