Brig Vijay Kumar takes over as IML Commandant

Brigadier Vijay Kumar today took over the command of the Institute of Military Law (IML) from Colonel Sandeep Kumar at Kamptee near here, an official release said.
Brig Kumar is an alumnus of Officers Training School, in Chennai as a direct entry JAG Officer and has 27 years of service to his credit, it said.
"Brig Kumar has had a distinguished carrier as an officer of the JAG's Department of Indian Army, wherein he has held the appointments of Assistant Judge Advocate General, Officer In-charge Legal Cell at Delhi and has been legal advisor to UN Mission in Congo," said a release by Wing Commander Samir S Gangakhedkar, Public Relations Officer (Defence) in Nagpur.

Prior to his appointment as Commandant IML, he was holding the charge as Director Court Martial at the Army Headquarters, New Delhi. He has been awarded Army Commander's Commendation four times and COAS Commendation once, the release said.
The IML shifted its permanent establishment in Kamptee Cantonment in 1989.