Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth, PVSM, AVSM

GOC-IN-C, Southern Command

Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth, PVSM, AVSM General Officer Commanding in Chief, Southern Command is an alumnus of the 69^th NDA Course and was commissioned into 2^nd Lancers, in Dec 1986.

The General Officer is a graduate of Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, where he was awarded the Best All Round Student. He has attended the prestigious Higher Command Course at the Army War College and the National Defence College at New Delhi.

In his four decades illustrious career, the Army Commander has had the distinction of tenanting challenging command and staff appointments in varied operational environments. His command tenures include, command of Skinner’s Horse, one of the most renowned tank regiments of the Indian Army, an Armoured Brigade along the Western Front, a Counter Insurgency Force in Jammu & Kashmir, the Desert Strike Corps and later General Officer Commanding of Delhi Area - prior to assuming command of Indian Army’s South Western Command at Jaipur.

The General Officer’s important Staff & Instructional appointments include Brigade Major of an Independent Armoured Brigade, Assistant Military Secretary at the Personnel Branch at Army HQ, Brigadier General Staff Operations at HQ South Western Command, Brigadier Perspective Plans with the Strategic Planning Directorate and Additional Director General Weapons and Equipment, responsible for capability development of the Indian Army. He was also the Director General of Discipline and Ceremonial Welfare at Army HQ.

The General has been an Instructor at the National Defence Academy including its Assistant Adjutant and has also been an Instructor at the School of Armoured Warfare at the Armoured Corps Centre and School, Ahmednagar.

The Army Commander has had a rich international exposure.  He has been the operational officer in the United Nation Force at Angola.  He has attended the Command & General Staff Course at Paris and the Defence Acquisition Course at Naval Post Graduate School in the USA.

The General Officer is an avid sportsman and excels in Tennis and Golf.

Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth, PVSM, AVSM assumed command of the Southern Army on  01 Jul 2024.