Dhiraj Seth

Dhiraj Seth
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Command
Assumed office
1 July 2024
Chief of Army StaffUpendra Dwivedi
Preceded byAjai Kumar Singh
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief South Western Command
In office
1 November 2023 – 30 June 2024
Chief of Army StaffManoj Pande
Preceded byB. S. Raju
Succeeded byManjinder Singh
Military service
Allegiance India
Branch/service Indian Army
Years of service20 December 1986 – present
Rank Lieutenant General
Unit2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)
Commands
Service numberIC-44044X [1]
Awards

Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth, AVSM is a serving general officer of the Indian Army. He currently serves as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Command.[2] He was previously tenanting the appointment of General Officer Commanding-in-Chief South Western Command.[3] He earlier held the appointment of General Officer commanding Delhi Area,[4] prior to that he was General Officer Commanding XXI Corps.[5]

  1. ^ "GALLANTRY AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDS TO ARMY ON REPUBLIC DAY 2022" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth assumes command of Pune-based Southern Army". The Indian Express. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Lt General Dhiraj Seth takes over as South Western Army chief". Hindustan Times. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth assumed the command of Delhi Area from Lt Gen Vijay Kumar Mishra". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  5. ^ admin (31 July 2021). "Army General to Command Corps His Father Led Too". Bharat Shakti. Retrieved 27 February 2024.