Lt Gen B S Sahrawat takes over as GOC of Vajra Corps

Chandigarh, Sep 2 (PTI) Lt Gen B S Sahrawat today tookover as the General Officer Commanding of the prestigiousVajra Corps. Lt Gen Sahrawat, who has relieved Lt Gen J S Cheema, wascommissioned in December, 1980 in 13th Bn (Rezang La), theKumaon Regiment and commanded the same regiment in Ladakh andduring Operation Parakram in 2001-2002. The officer has commanded a Mountain Brigade at Lucknowand an Infantry Division in Meerut, said an official release. An alumnus of National Defence Academy and Indian MilitaryAcademy, the General Officer has had a distinguished careerspanning more than 35 years during which he has tenantednumerous sensitive and coveted appointments in various partsof the country and abroad which included an assignment as aMilitary Observer in Iraq and Kuwait for a year. Lt Gen Sahrawat was the Director General in the Land,Works and Environment Directorate in Army Headquarters priorto assuming command of the Jalandhar-based Vajra Corps. PTICHSKUN