Man Mohan Singh Rai
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Rai is an alumnus of National Defence Academy, Pune and passed out third in order of merit. He has attended Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and Army War College, Mhow.
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Career
Rai was commissioned into Bombay Sappers on 15 December 1976. He is a third generation officer in the army and has vast operational and command experience. He has commanded an armored engineer Regiment; a mountain brigade in the North East India; a Counter Insurgency Force in Jammu and Kashmir; XII Corps (Jodhpur); Chief of Staff South Western Command and GOC-in-C Eastern Command. He has also held various staff appointments including Directing Staff at Defence Service Staff College; Colonel General Staff Operations of a high altitude Corps; Chief Engineer of a Desert Corps; Brigadier General Staff at Army Training Command and Deputy Director General at Military Operations Directorate (Army HQ). He was also the Colonel Commandant of the Bombay Sappers.
During his career, he has been awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (January 2016) as Lieutenant General, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (January 2011) as Major General of Rashtriya Rifles in Jammu and Kashmir and Vishisht Seva Medal as Brigadier.