LT GEN VK MISHRA, PVSM, AVSM,
COMMANDANT IMA BIDS ADIEU TO THE OLIVE GREENS
Wednesday, 31 Jan 2024
Lt Gen VK Mishra, PVSM, AVSM, Commandant, Indian Military Academy finally bid adieu to the Olive Greens on 31 Jan 24 after an illustrious career spanning over 38 years and having tenated important Command, Staff and Instructional appointments.
During a simple and solemn ceremony held at the IMA War Memorial, the General Officer paid homage to the soldiers, who laid down their lives for the nation in the line of duty.
An alumnus of the Indian Military Academy, he was commissioned into the 17th Battalion, the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles in December 1985. He is a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington & has attended the Higher Command Course at the Army War College, Mhow as well as the prestigious National Defence College at New Delhi.
General Mishra has a very rich and varied operational experience spanning over more than three decades, be it serving on the Line of Control in J&K, where he was also wounded in operations, or the challenging, counter insurgency operations at various levels including tenures with Rashtriya Rifles in South Kashmir or in Tripura with the Assam Rifles. The Academy has benefited immensely from his vast & varied experience.
General Mishra has undertaken various initiatives in IMA in terms of conceptualising IMA training curriculum for institutionalised leadership training to produce the finest future officers for the Indian Army. He has also formulated a vision for state of the art infrastructure works for training in domains of latest technology of modern day warfare.
General Mishra handed over the Command Baton of the prestigious Indian Military Academy to Lt Gen Sandeep Jain, Sena Medal, and the 52nd Commandant of IMA.
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