Army Training Command (ARTRAC) General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) Lt Gen PC Thimmaya calls on Himachal Pradesh Governor Bandaru Dattatreya at Raj Bhavan in Shimla on Wednesday. Tribune photo

After passing out from the Indian Military Academy with the sword of honour, Lt Gen Thimmaya commissioned into the 5th battalion Mechanised Infantry Regiment (14 KUMAON) on June 13, 1981

An alumnus of Sainik School, Bhubaneswar, and National Defence Academy, Pune, Lt Gen Thimmaya commanded his battalion during Op Parakram and an Independent Mechanised Brigade in the deserts