JAMMU: Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi on Monday took over as the 15th Corps Commander of the strategic, Rising Star Corps.
General Dwivedi, an alumni of the National Defence Academy, was commissioned into ‘The 18th Battalion of the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles’ in December 1984. In an illustrious career spanning over a period of more than 35 years, the officer has held various Staff, Instructional and Command appointments.
He has commanded his Battalion at Chowkibal (Intense Counter Insurgency Operations) during Operation RAKSHAK, Assam Rifles Sector at Manipur (OP RHINO) and tenanted appointment of Inspector General Assam Rifles in Assam (OP RHINO). (AGENCIES)