Eastern Army Commander to visit Manipur
Source: IT News

Imphal, January 21 2019: General Officer Commanding-in-Chief the Eastern Army Command, Lieutenant General MM Naravane, AVSM, SM, VSM will arrive in the state on a three day visit from 21st to 23 Jan 2019 .

The Army Commander will be briefed on the security situation in the state and will review the operational preparedness of the formation.

The Army Commander is responsible for security of borders with China along Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh in the north, with Bangladesh along West Bengal, Meghalaya, Tripura and Assam and with Myanmar along Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram in the east.

The Army Commander holds wide operational and administrative experience and took over his present appointment on 01st Oct 2018 .

He has in depth knowledge of issues in the North East having been the formation commander of IGAR (North) as well.

Lt Gen Naravane was commissioned into the 7th Battalion Sikh Light Infantry in June 1980.An alumnus of the National Defence Academy in Pune and the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun, he has tenanted critical command and staff appointments in peace, field and active Counter Insurgency environment both in the North East, Jammu and Kashmir and as part of Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka.

The officer also commanded a Rashtriya Rifles Battalion in Jammu and Kashmir, an Infantry Brigade on the Eastern Front, Inspector General Assam Rifles (North) in the North East and a Strike Corps of the Indian Army.

He also served as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Army Training Command before taking up his current assignment.

He also served as an instructor at the Army War College and was the Indian Defence Attache to Myanmar.

Lt Gen Naravane also holds a Masters degree in Defence Studies from Chennai University and has acquired M.Phil in Defence and Management Studies from DAVV, Indore.

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