A. K. Singh

A. K. Singh
Lieutenant Governor, Andaman and Nicobar
In office
July, 2013 – present
Preceded by Bhopinder Singh
Succeeded by None

Lt General Ajay Kumar Singh, (Retd.) is the Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.[1] He is alumnus of Sainik School Rewa and former Commander in Chief of Southern Command of Indian Army.

Lt Gen A K Singh (Retd.), PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, the Lt Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, former General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command, alumnus of National Defence Academy was commissioned into one of the oldest Regiments, the 7th Light Cavalry on 17 June 1973.

He has schooled at some of the most prestigious training academies in the country and abroad. These include the Staff College at Camberley in the United Kingdom, having topped the Staff College entrance examination; Malinovski Tank Academy in Moscow; Royal College of Military Science, United Kingdom and the renowned National Defence Colleges in India and in Sweden. He achieved top honours in every course that he attended in India and abroad, achieving a unique distinction of being the only officer to have been trained in Russia and in NATO, at the height of Cold War. He has an M.Sc and M.Phil in Defence Studies in addition to his military qualifications. He is enrolled for a Ph.D from Pune University.

The General has commanded the 7th Cavalry, a T-90 Tank Brigade, an Armoured Division and the most powerful Strike 1 (Corps), and has the distinction of conceiving and executing some of the largest ever maneuvers in recent times including two landmark exercises; Yodha Shakti in 2010 and Exercise Sudarshan Shakti in 2011, which displayed the might of the Indian Army and the Air Force in the Thar desert. Till January 2013, he headed the largest command, the Southern Army, covering ten States and four Union Territories and 40% of India's landmass.

Lt Gen (Retd) A K Singh was named Administrator/Lt Governor of A&N Islands. He took over as the 11th Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands on 8 July 2013.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Najeeb Jung to be new Delhi LG; K K Paul is Meghalaya governor - Times Of India". indiatimes.com. 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013. Lt Gen (retired) A K Singh replaced Lt Gen (retired) Bhopinder Singh as LG of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, a
  2. ↑ "LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS". Retrieved 12 March 2014.
Government offices
Preceded by
Bhopinder Singh		 Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar
2013 - present 		Incumbent