Jammu, December 31

Lt Gen SK Sharma was appointed as the Chief of Staff, Northern Command, in Udhampur, on Tuesday.

He relieved Lieutenant General JS Nain, who will be taking over a Corps shortly.

Lieutenant General Sharma was commissioned in the Rajputana Rifles on December 17, 1983, and has commanded the 11th Battalion of the Rajputana Rifles, an Infantry Brigade along the Line of Control in Kashmir and an Infantry Division in Jammu.

He has also held staff and instructional appointments, including a military-observer tenure at the United Nations Mission in Liberia. He also served as an instructor at the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, and has had tenures in military operations and intelligence branches at the Army headquarters. — TNS