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| MOHAPATRA TO BE NEW COLONEL COMMANDANT OF CORPS OF SIGNALS | | | Jammu, 31 Aug
Major General P Mohapatra is to be the next Colonel Commandant of the Corps of Signals. He takes over this appointment on 01 September 2007 from Lieutenant General A K Saini who is retiring from service.
Born in Mayurbhanj District of Orissa, Major General Mohapatra had his early education at Sainik School, Bhubaneswar. He then joined the National Defence Academy for his pre commission training. Major General Mohapatra was commissioned in 1971 and immediately thereafter he participated in the Indo–Pak war in the Northern Sector. He is also an alumnus of Defence Services Staff College and Higher Command Course at Army War College and has attended prestigious National Defence College. During the Higher Command Course he was awarded the Commandants Medal for the best research study.
Major General Mohapatra has held a number of important appointments to include command of an Armoured Division Signal Regiment and Chief Signal Officer of a Strike Corps during Op PARAKRAM. He has operated in counter terrorism environment in J&K and Nagaland. He has also been on staff of Military Operations Directorate in the Army HQ. He is presently Additional Director General and Assistant Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Signal Intelligence).
A voracious reader, he was the Editor of Defence Technology Journal at the Army War College. As Colonel Commandant he will oversee various ceremonial and human resources aspects of Corps of Signals, said a PIB (Defence Wing) release.
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