Lieutenant General Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastava,
PVSM,
AVSM is a former
General Officer
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in the
Indian Army. He last served as the Engineer-in-Chief of the
Indian Army. He assumed office on 1 April 2018, taking over from Lt Gen Suresh Sharma.
Career
Shrivastava is an alumnus of
National Defence Academy,
Pune and the
Indian Military Academy,
Dehradun
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. He was commissioned into the
Bengal Sappers of the
Corps of Engineers in 1980.
During his career, He has attended the
Defence Services Staff College,
Army War College, Mhow and the
National Defence College,
New Delhi.
Shrivastava is a Post Graduate in Docks and Harbour from
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and has
M Phil degrees from
Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya,
Indore and
Madras University.
Shrivastava commanded an Engineer regiment during
Operation Parakram and an Engineer Brigade. He later served as the Director General Combat Engineers. In February 2017, he took over as the Director General
Border Roads Organisation (DGBR) from Lt Gen Suresh Sharma who went on to become Engineer-in-Chief.
As the Engineer-in-Chief, he served as the
Senior Colonel Commandant of the
Corps of Engineers.
Shrivastava was awarded the
Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM) is a military award of India given to recognize "distinguished service of an exceptional order" to all ranks of the armed forces. The award is a peacetime equivalent of Uttam Yuddh Seva Medal, which is a Wartime Dis ...
in 2018 for his outstanding services and achievements in fast-tracking the execution of Indo-China Border Roads. He was awarded the
Param Vishisht Seva Medal in 2020 during his tenure as Engineer-in-Chief.
References
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Living people
Indian generals
Recipients of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
National Defence Academy (India) alumni
Indian Military Academy alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
National Defence College, India alumni
Army War College, Mhow alumni
Defence Services Staff College alumni