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Thamburaj takes charge as Vice-Chief of Army Staff

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NEW DELHI: Lieutenant-General Noble Thamburaj on Thursday assumed charge as Vice-Chief of the Army Staff. A 1969 batch officer, Lt. Gen. Thamburaj has a distinguished career spanning 38 years.

He takes over from Lt. Gen. Milan Naidu, who has since superannuated. Prior to moving over to the current assignment, Lt. Gen. Thamburaj was the Southern Army Commander based in Pune.

Associated with the Services right from childhood, this second generation officer is an alumnus of King George’s Military School, Chail, Sainik Schools at Amravati Nagar and Jamnagar, and the 34th National Defence Academy Course, before he was commissioned into the Bombay Sappers.

An alumnus of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, he has done his Senior Command, Higher Command and NDC Courses. He is also accredited with higher Technical qualification, M. Tech (Bldg Sc.) from IIT-Delhi and M.Phil (Defence Studies) from Indore University.

Key assignments

The General has held many important assignments — a Brigade Major of a Mountain Brigade, command of 411 Parachute Field company, command of his parent unit 109 Engineer Regiment in High Altitude Area in the Eastern region. He also commanded a Rashtriya Rifles Sector in the counter-insurgency environment during ‘Operation Vijay’ and an Infantry Division during ‘Operation Parakram’ in deserts. Besides, he has been an instructor in the Officers Training Academy, Chennai. A paratrooper, the General still participates in the para drops whenever opportunity comes his way.

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