Lt Gen Sarath Chand new GOC-in C of South Western Command

Lt Gen Sarath Chand today took over as the General Officer Commanding -in Chief (GOC-in C) of the Jaipur based South Western Command of the Indian Army here at a ceremony in the Jaipur military station.
On taking over, the Army Commander paid tributes to martyrs at the Prerna Sthal and reviewed a special Guard of Honour presented to him by the soldiers of 2 Garhwal Rifles, Defence Spokesperson Lt Col Manish Ojha said.
Lt Gen Sarath Chand was commissioned into the Garhwal Rifles in June 1979.
An alumnus of Sainik School, Kazhakootam (Trivandrum), National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla, Pune and Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, he is a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College, the Higher Command Course and the National Defence College, New Delhi.

In a military career spanning almost 37 years, the officer has participated in many active combat leadership roles at every stage of command in the Army.
Lt Gen Sarath Chand took over the reins of the South Western Command from Lt Gen Arun Kumar Sahni who retired yesterday.