LT GEN YOGENDRA DIMRI TAKES CHARGE OF WESTERN COMMAND

CHANDIGARH: Lieutenant General Yogendra Dimri on Thursday took charge of the Western Command as the Chief of Staff and paid homage to martyrs in Chandimandir. Lt Gen Dimri was commissioned into the Corps of Engineers (The Bombay Sappers) on December 17, 1983. A recipient of the President’s gold medal for having passed out first in order of merit from IMA, Dehradun, the officer has an illustrious military career spanning over 36 years, during which he has held important command, staff and instructional appointments in varied sensitive and operational sectors and difficult terrain. He has commanded an infantry brigade on the LOC, a counter insurgency force in J&K and the prestigious Sudarshan Chakra Strike Corps.