Lt Gen Jasbir Singh has been appointed as the new Director General of Infantry at the Army headquarters in New Delhi by the Union Govt.

The decision of the new appointment came after the retirement of incumbent Lt Gen Rajendra Singh.

Commissioned in the Dogra regiment in 1972, Lt Gen Jasbir Singh is an alumnus of National Defence Academy.

He is a graduate of Defence Services Staff College, Wellington.

During his 36 years of service, he has held various staff and command appointments, which include a three-year-long tenure as Defence Attache in Myanmar.

He has commanded an infantry battalion and division in counter-insurgency operations in Jammu & Kashmir and a brigade in the western sector.