Engineer-in-Chief of the Indian Army: The Indian Army’s new Engineer-in-Chief has been named as Lieutenant General Arvind Walia. In his place will be Lt. Gen. Harpal Singh, who will retire on December 31. An officer of the 1986 batch, Lt Gen Walia is an alumnus of the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, and also received the prestigious Silver Medal there.
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Previous Experience of Lieutenant General Arvind Walia:
Lt Gen Walia has previously commanded an independent squadron in the desert sector, a regiment in Jammu and Kashmir and an Engineer Brigade along the western front. He has also commanded the MEG & Centre in Bengaluru. Additionally, he taught at the National Defence College in Delhi as well as the College of Defence Management in Secunderabad. The renowned officer has also held prestigious staff appointments including as Brigade Major of a Mountain Brigade, Director in Engineer-in-Chief’s Branch at the Integrated Headquarters of MoD (Army), Brig Q in a Strike Corps and Chief Engineer of a Command.