Lt Gen DP Pandey takes over as GOC of Srinagar-based 15 Corps ANI | Updated: Mar 17, 2021 17:07 IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) March 17 (ANI): Lieutenant General BS Raju on Wednesday handed over command of the strategic Kashmir-based 15 Corps to Lieutenant General DP Pandey.
Lieutenant General Pandey, who has taken over as the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Srinagar-based Chinar Corps (15 Corps), is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy and was commissioned into the Sikh Light Infantry Regiment in December 1985 from Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun.
According to an official release, Lieutenant General Raju s tenure over the last one year is defined by an improved security environment prevailing both on the Line of Control and in Kashmir.