LT Gen Vijay Kumar Saxena takes over as Director General of Army Air Defence

Lieutenant General Vijay Kumar Saxena assumed the appointment of the 8th Director General of the Corps of Army Air Defence on 01 Jul 2013. The General Officer has taken over the reins from Lieutenant General Kuldip Singh who superannuated from service on 30 Jun 2013, after a distinguished career of nearly 40 years.

Lieutenant General Vijay Kumar Saxena, the incoming Director General is an alumni of National Defence Academy 1975 batch. Gen Saxena, is also an alumni of Defence Services Staff College, College of Defence Management and the coveted National Defence College. The Officer has had to his credit, two tenures in the Military Operations Directorate, Instructional experience in India and abroad and Command experience of his unit and formation in active Counter Insurgency Operations in the Northern Command. The Gen Officer has also had a stint as Brigadier General Staff (Information Warfare) at HQ Northern Command besides serving as Deputy Director General Equipment, as well as, Operations in Army Air Defence Directorate and Additional Director General of Army Air Defence at Army HQ.

The General Officer is a prolific writer on military subjects and his articles are published regularly in professional magazines. He is the only Army Air Defence Officer to have had the privilege to Command the Army Air Defence College for the second time. General Saxena was instrumental in bringing about several far reaching changes in the infrastructure as well as the curriculum of the premier institution.

Lieutenant General Vijay Kumar Saxena, VSM assumes command of the Corps of Army Air Defence bringing with him a wealth of experience of technological training, soldier friendly administration and human intellectual acumen to effect projected growth of the Corps of Army AD.

Veerendra / Sunil
(Release ID :96995)