The officer is an alumni of Rashtriya Indian Military College, NDA and National Defence College

Lt Gen Ananthanarayanan (right) takes over as GOC, Rising Star Corps. Tribune photo

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 26

Lieutenant General PN Ananthanarayanan has taken over as the 16th General Officer Commanding of the Yol-based Rising Star Corps. He was the Commandant, Infantry School at Mhow before assuming the present appointment.

An alumni of the Rashtriya Indian Military College, National Defence Academy and National Defence College, he was commissioned into the 3rd Battalion of the 8th Gorkha Rifles in December 1984.

During his career spanning 36 years, the officer has held various staff, instructional and command appointments, including command of an Infantry Division on the Line of Actual Control. 

He has also been an instructor at the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla and Senior Instructor at Defence Services Staff College, Wellington. 

Apart from being a post graduate in Defence and Strategic Studies and Master of Philosophy in Defence and Management Studies from the Madras University, he also holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Personal Management and Industrial Relations from Symbiosis, Pune.

Lt Gen Ananthanarayanan was awarded Sena Medal 2019.