Ranbir Singh (general)

Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh, AVSM, YSM, SM is the current Commander, I Corps of the Indian Army and assumed office on 30 November 2016. He assumed the post from Lt General Shokin Chauhan.

Early life and education
Singh hails from Jalandhar and his family belongs to Ambala Jattan, Hoshiarpur district, Punjab. His father dies when he was young and his uncle, Colonel Manmohan Singh (retd), took care of him.

He is an alumnus of Sainik School, Kapurthala; National Defence Academy, Pune and Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. He has also attended Defence Services Staff College, Wellington; Faculty of Studies at Army War College, Mhow and Royal College of Defence Studies, UK.

Career
Singh was commissioned into 9 Dogra Regiment on 13 December 1980. He has held various important Command, Staff and Instructor appointments during his career. He is considered to be an expert at counter insurgency operations, operational art and information operations. He has commanded the 181 Mountain Brigade and 33 armoured division. He has held various staff appointments including that of Director General of Military Operations (DGMO). He has also served in UN Peacekeeping Missions to Angola and Rawanda.

During his career, he has been awarded the Yudh Seva Medal (2010) as the Brigadier of 181 Mountain Brigade and the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (2015) for his service.