Our Correspondent

Jammu, October 25

Lieutenant General YK Joshi assumed the charge of Chief of Staff, Northern Command, at Udhampur on Friday. He relieved Lieutenant General SK Sharma. Both General Officers paid tributes to martyrs at Dhruva Shaheed Samarak, Udhampur.

Lt Gen YK Joshi was commissioned into 13 JAK RIF on June 12, 1982, and later went on to command the same unit in ‘Operation Vijay’ and ‘Operation Parakaram’. In ‘Operation Vijay’, the unit was awarded 37 gallantry awards, including two Param Vir Chakra, eight Veer Chakra and 14 Sena medals. He is an alumni of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla.