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Lt Gen PP Malhotra takes over as DG NCC

| @indiablooms | Apr 17, 2018, at 10:13 pm

New Delhi, Apr 17 (IBNS): Lieutenant General PP Malhotra assumed charge as Director General of National Cadet Corps (NCC), the largest uniformed youth organization in the world on Apr 11.

Lt Gen Malhotra’s distinguished professional career includes various regimental, staff and command appointments, read a government statement. 

Prior to assuming his present appointment, he was the Chief Engineer of the Army’s premier Northern Command.

An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Pune, the General was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army on 18 June 1983. 

A graduate of Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, the General has also undergone the prestigious National Defence College course at New Delhi.

His qualifications include B.Tech from College of Military Engineering, Pune, M.Tech from IIT, Powaii, M. Phil from DAVV, Indore and M. Phil from Madras University.

 

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