Vinod G. Khandare

Lieutenant General Vinod G. Khandare, PVSM, AVSM, SM is a former officer of the Indian Army. He served as the Director General of the Defence Intelligence Agency[1] from November 2015 to January 2018[2]. He was succeeded by Lieutenant General Amarjeet Singh Bedi.

Lieutenant General

Vinod G. Khandare

PVSM, AVSM, SM
BornChhindwara
Allegiance India
Service/branch Indian Army
Years of serviceSeptember 1979 – January 2018
Rank Lieutenant General
Service numberIC-37555Y
UnitGarhwal Rifles
Awards Param Vishisht Seva Medal
Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Sena Medal

He retired from active military service on 31 January 2018 and is presently the Military Advisor to the National Security Advisor of India.[3]

Early Life and Education

Born in Chhindwara (MP) on 06 January 1958, he is the youngest of four children to Mr. GC Khandare and Mrs. Premlata Khandare. Since his father was in the Indian Postal Service, his schooling and University education was spread all over the country. He is an alumnus of Indore Christian College and Officers Training Academy Chennai. He did Masters in Defence Science from University of Madras and Master of Philosophy from Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya Indore.

Career

Khandare was commissioned into Garhwal Rifles on 1 September 1979. He has served the motherland in Ladakh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram and two overseas tenures as UN peacekeeping mission in El Salvador in Central America and chief instructor in Kingdom of Lesotho. He has commanded an infantry battalion along the volatile Line of Control during the Kargil Conflict of 1999 and 19th Infantry Division (India) in Kashmir Valley. He commanded a Brigade with operational role on Northern Borders. He served in Kashmir Valley in 2010-11 as Deputy GOC in a CI Force. He has served as instructor on weapons at Infantry School Mhow and as Directing Staff at Defence Services Staff College, Wellington. His final appointment was as Director General Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), India from 2015 to 2018[4].

He was appointed as Military Advisor to NSCS.

Honours and Decorations

During 38 years of his career, he has won a gallantry award (Sena Medal) for counter insurgency operation in J&K. He has also been awarded a Param Vishisht Seva Medal in 2017[5] and Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in 2015[6] [7]for his distinguished service as DG DIA and as GOC on the LC.

References
  1. "Embassy of India, Hanoi, Vietnam : Events/Photo Gallery". Indembassyhanoi.gov.in. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  2. "India handled Doklam stand-off better: Ex-chief of defence intel". The Times of India. 2018-08-25. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  3. "Lt Gen Khandare appointed as advisor to NSCS". www.sakaltimes.com. October 12, 2018.
  4. "VARINDIA Wars of today is a combination of kinetic and non-kinetic warfare". Varindia.com. 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  5. Munshi, Suman (January 26, 2017). "Indian Gallantry Awards Declared - 398 Republic Day Gallantry and other Defence Decorations Announced".
  6. "h1". Sainiksamachar.nic.in. 2015-03-21. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  7. "374 defence personnel decorated, Ashok Chakra posthumously for Neeraj Kumar Singh". NetIndian.


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