Early life and education
He was born in a Lingayat family completed his schooling from the Sainik Schools, Sainik School, Bijapur. He then attended the National Defence Academy (India), National Defence Academy and the Indian Military Academy. He also attended the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, Higher Command Course, Mhow and the National Defence College (India), National Defence College, New Delhi. He has also attended courses on Cooperative Security in South Asia in Sri Lanka and United Nations Senior Mission Leaders Course in Egypt.Military career
The general officer was commissioned into the 1st battalion, The Assam Regiment (1 ASSAM) in June 1985. He attended the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington Cantonment, Wellington. He served as an instructor at the Infantry School, Mhow. As part of the United Nations, he served as the Sector Senior Operations Officer in the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia, Transitional Authority in Cambodia and in the India–Lesotho relations, Indian Army Training team in Lesotho. At Army headquarters, he served in the Military Secretary Branch. He commanded the 59 battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles (Assam). The RR battalions are deployed in a counter-insurgency role in Jammu and Kashmir (state), Jammu and Kashmir. Promoted to the rank of Brigadier (India), Brigadier, he commanded the 120 Infantry Brigade. For this stint, he was awarded the Yudh Seva Medal on 26 January 2014. He was then selected to attend the National Defence College (India), National Defence College in New Delhi, as part of the 54th course. After completing the course, he was appointed Brigadier General Staff (BGS) of a corps in the Eastern theatre. On 26 January 2018, he was awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal.General officer
He was promoted to the rank of Major general (India), Major General and appointed General officer commanding of an infantry division on the line of control. In the 2019 Republic Day honours, he was awarded a bar to the Yudh Seva Medal. He subsequently served in the Military Intelligence directorate as the Additional Director General Military Intelligence (ADGMI). On 28 January 2020, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant general (India), Lieutenant General and was appointed the General officer commanding, General Officer Commanding of XVI Corps (India), XVI Corps succeeding Lieutenant general (India), Lieutenant General Harsha Gupta. For his tenure as GOC XVI Corps (India), XVI Corps, he was awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal on 26 January 2022. After a year-long stint, he moved to Army HQ as the Director General Military Intelligence (DGMI). After a short stint as DGMI, on 1 July 2022 he assumed the appointment of Deputy Chief of the Army Staff (India), Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Strategy). On 1 March 2023, Lieutenant general (India), Lieutenant General M. V. Suchindra Kumar took over as the 45th Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India), Vice Chief of the Army Staff succeeding Lieutenant general (India), Lieutenant General B. S. Raju who moved to South Western Command (India), South Western Command as Army Commander. On 19 February 2024, he took over as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Northern Command, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Northern Command (India), Northern Command succeeding General (India), General (then Lieutenant general (India), Lieutenant General) Upendra Dwivedi who moved to the Army Headquarters as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India), Vice Chief of the Army Staff. On 30th April 2025, Lt Gen Pratik Sharma replaced General Kumar as the General Officer Commanding-in Chief of the Northern Command, Kumar having reached the superannuation age.Personal life
He is married to Asha Suchindra, an educationalist. The couple has two children. Gen Kumar is an amateur half marathon runner, golf enthusiast and yoga practitioner. An avid reader, his military papers have been published in a number of professional journals.Awards and decorations
The General officer was awarded the Yudh Seva Medal in 2014, the Vishisht Seva Medal in 2018, a bar to the Yudh Seva Medal in 2019, the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in 2022 and the Param Vishisht Seva Medal in 2024.Dates of rank
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