Bobby Mathews (general)

Lt Gen Bobby Mathews AVSM, VSM is an Indian Army officer who is an alumnus of the prestigious National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla.He is a second generation army officer whose father was an officer in the Indian Army Medical Corps. He is the present General Officer Commanding of the Konark Corps (XII Corps), India's only desert corps.

Military career
The General Officer was commissioned into the Kumaon Regiment, one of the oldest & most decorated regiments of the Indian Army, in 1978. He commanded his parent Battalion 2 Kumaon Berar in the counter-insurgency Operations in Manipur. He went on to command a Mountain Brigade and the Striking Lion Mountain Division on the Eastern frontier, during which he was responsible for coordinating relief and reconstruction work during the massive earthquake in Sikkim in September 2011. He was also the Sub Area Commander, Mumbai region during the 2008 Mumbai attacks.He took over as the General Officer Commanding of India's only desert corps XII Corps in September 2014.

Lt Gen Bobby Mathews has been an Instructor at the Infantry School, Mhow, The Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and Chief Instructor at the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. The General Officer has also attended the Higher Command Course and the prestigious National Defence College Course at New Delhi. Prior to taking over as the GOC of the Konark Corps, he handled the critical appointment of Additional Director General PI in the Army Headquarters.

Family
Bobby Mathews is married to Lina Mathews and the couple have one son.