Nav Kumar Khanduri
{{short description|Lieutenant General in the Indian Army}}
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| name = Nav Kumar Khanduri
| honorific_suffix = PVSM, AVSM, VSM
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| serviceyears = December 1983 {{endash}} June 2023
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| allegiance = {{flag|India}}
| branch = {{army|India}}
| rank = Lieutenant-General
| servicenumber = IC-41495M
| unit = 27 Air Defence Regiment
(Corps of Army Air Defence)
| commands = 20px Western Command
XXIII Corps
15 Infantry Division
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| alma_mater = National Defence Academy
Indian Military Academy
Defence Services Staff College
| awards = 20px Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
20px Vishisht Seva Medal
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Lieutenant General Nav Kumar Khanduri AVSM, VSM is a retired general officer in the Indian Army, and the former General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Command since November 2021. He is the first officer from the Corps of Army Air Defence to become an army commander.{{cite news |author= |date=1 November 2021 |title=Lt Gen Khanduri takes over as GOC-in-C, Western Command |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/lt-gen-khanduri-takes-over-as-goc-in-c-western-command-332878 |work=The Tribune |location= |access-date=23 December 2021}}
Biography
An alumnus of Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehradun and the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, Khanduri passed out with the 73rd Regular Course from the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun and was commissioned into 27 AD Missile Regiment (Amritsar Airfield) on 17 December 1983.{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/lt-gen-nav-khanduri-goc-in-c-western-command-7602360/|title=Lt Gen Nav Khanduri takes charge as GOC-in-C of Western Command|date=2021-11-01|access-date=2022-02-16}} He commanded an air defence brigade in Operation Rakshak and a mountain brigade in Operation Falcon.{{cite web|url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/kashmir/world-forest-day-observed-in-valley|title=World Forest Day observed in Valley|date=2015-03-14|access-date=2022-02-16}} He served as an instructor at the College of Defence Management, Secunderabad and has held various staff appointments in field, high altitude and Integrated Headquarters postings.
Khanduri has also served with the Indian Military Training Team in Bhutan, as a United Nations Military Observer with the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia and as Deputy Chief Integrated Service Support with the United Nations Mission in Ivory Coast. He commanded 15 Infantry Division, and was subsequently appointed Director General Operational Logistics and Strategic Movement before assuming command of XXXIII Corps in September 2019.{{cite news |author= |date=13 September 2019 |title=Lt. Gen Nav K Khanduri assumes charge as commander of Trishakti Corps |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/lt-gen-nav-k-khanduri-assumes-charge-as-commander-of-trishakti-corps20190913201530/ |work=ANI News |location= |access-date=23 December 2021}} On 30 June 2023, he formally retired from the Army.{{cite news |author= |date=1 July 2023 |title=Lt Gen Nav K Khanduri relinquishes command of Western Army |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/lieutenant-general-nav-k-khanduri-superannuates-after-40-years-of-dedicated-service-as-commander-of-western-army-101688162827928.html |work=Hindustan Times |location= |access-date=22 July 2023}}
Awards and decorations
He was awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal in the 2016 Republic Day decorations list,{{cite web | title=2016: List of Awardees | website=www.indianarmy.nic.in | date=26 January 2021 | url=https://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=aHrtBsvSL9AI5XZT/J/sEA==&ParentID=bWSE5zRtJp8Z9IQKOfRFkw==&flag=9G8Z4Pdr0O1Kza8jaL8FWw== | access-date=23 December 2021}} the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in the 2021 Republic Day decorations list and {{cite web | title=2019: List of Awardees | website=www.indianarmy.nic.in | date=26 January 2021 | url=https://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=1bQyzlI9ItSUDJf5YcztmJzUwMT3UPCtaPb8YRECbho=&ParentID=kib7yOBowBw5fWNIwf05I+7OPkHQx5fakhc6vBu1ncc=&flag=9K5nsEkvRbxBqAnRKmExxw== | access-date=23 December 2021}} the Param Vishisht Seva Medal in 2023.
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| Param Vishisht Seva Medal |
| Operation Vijay Medal |
| Videsh Seva Medal
|75th Anniversary of Independence Medal |
| 20 Years Long Service Medal |
Dates of rank
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| title = General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Command
| years = 1 November 2021–30 June 2023
| before = Ravendra Pal Singh
| after = Manoj Kumar Katiyar
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| title = General Officer Commanding XXXIII Corps
| years = 13 September 2019–13 September 2020
| before = Chandi Prasad Mohanty
| after = Ajai Kumar Singh
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Category:National Defence Academy (India) alumni
Category:Indian Military Academy alumni
Category:Recipients of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Category:Recipients of the Vishisht Seva Medal
Category:Military personnel from Uttarakhand