General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, ARTRAC

Lt Gen Devendra Sharma, PVSM, AVSM, SM

GOC-in-C,  Army Training Command

Lieutenant General Devendra Sharma, Param Vishisht Seva Medal, Ati Vishist Seva Medal, Sena Medal is an alumnus of Mayo College, Ajmer, National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla and the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. Recipient of the coveted ‘Sword of Honour’, he was commissioned into ‘THE SCINDE HORSE’ on 19 December 1987. He is a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, College of Defence Management (CDM), Secunderabad and Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi. While doing Higher Defence Management Course at CDM, he was awarded the ‘Chief of Army Staff Trophy’ for standing ‘First’ in overall order of merit.

The General Officer has tenanted several key instructional and staff appointments to include instructor at NDA, Khadakwasla, Brigade Major of an Armoured Brigade, Assistant Military Secretary at Military Secretary Branch, Colonel General Staff of an Armoured Division and Area Headquarters, Colonel Quartermaster of an Infantry Division on the Line of Control, Brigadier General Staff (Operations) of a Strike Corps and Major General General Staff (Operations) & later Chief of Staff of a Command Headquarters. In his foreign assignments, he was Staff Officer at HQ Indian Military Training Team and later the Chief Military Personnel Officer at MONUSCO (UN) in the Democratic Republic of Congo. 

The command appointments of the General Officer include Command of his parent unit ‘THE SCINDE HORSE’, an Armoured Brigade, an Infantry Division and a Corps, all on the Western Front. He has a rich experience of both conventional and counter insurgency operations. As a young officer, he served with an Infantry Battalion in OPERATION RAKSHAK (J&K) where he was awarded the Sena Medal for Gallantry.

The General Officer was awarded Ati Vishist Seva Medal on 26 January 2022 and The Param Vishisht Seva Medal on Republic Day 2025. He is also a recipient of the Central Army Commander’s Commendation Card and UN Force Commander’s Appreciation.

The General Officer is married to Mrs Rani Sharma who is a homemaker. They are blessed with two daughters, both of whom are professionals.

Lieutenant General Devendra Sharma, Param Vishisht Seva Medal, Ati Vishist Seva Medal, Sena Medal assumed the appointment of General Officer Commanding in Chief, Army Training Command on 01 July 2024.