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Iqroop Singh Ghuman,

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, ADC is a commissioned officer of the Indian Army. He was the General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C), Central Command of the

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. He took office on 2 October when Lt Gen

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retired.

Early life and education

Ghuman is an alumnus of

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and

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, Dehradun. He has also attended the Junior and Senior Command Course at Army War College,

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; Defence Service Staff College course at

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, Wellington; and National Defence Course Course at National Defence College, Delhi.

Career

Ghuman was commissioned into

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in June 1981. He has held various important Command, Staff and Instructor appointments during his career. He has commanded an anti-tank guided missile battalion during

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, an infantry brigade and an Infantry Division. He has held various other appointments including an instructor at Army Infantry School, Mhow; Director Perspective Planning in Army Headquarters, Colonel General Staff of

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; Brigade Major of a mountain brigade; Brigadier General Staff of a Corps in Western India; Major General Operational Logistics at HQ Eastern Command and Chief of Staff of Western Command. He has also served as an observer in the United Nations Mission in Angola. In July 2019, he was appointed to succeed

as GOC-in-C, Central Command, effective 1 October. Ghuman served as Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Information Systems & Training) assuming office in 2018. Prior to Deputy Chief of Army Staff, he was the Commander, XXI Corps of the

and assumed office, 1 July 2017 onwards. He assumed the post from Lt General

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Honours and decorations

During his career, he has been awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in 2017 for his service as Chief of Staff of Western Command. and the

Param Vishisht Seva Medal Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) (IAST: ) is a military award of India. It was constituted in 1960 and since then it is awarded in recognition to peace-time service of the most exceptional order and may be awarded posthumously. All ranks of the ...

in January 2019.

Dates of rank

References

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