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{{Short description|Indian Army officer}}
{{About|the serving Indian Army general|the retired Indian Army general subsequently appointed Governor of Assam state|Ajai Singh|the Indian chemist|Ajai K. Singh|the Indian politician|Ajai Pal Singh}}

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| honorific_prefix = [[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]]
| name = Ajai Singh
| honorific_suffix = [[AVSM]]
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| serviceyears = December 1983 – present
| rank = [[File:Lieutenant General of the Indian Army.svg|22px]] Lieutenant General
| servicenumber = IC-41465P<ref name="commission"/>
| unit = [[81st Armoured Regiment (India)|81 Armoured Regiment]]<ref name="crucial"/>
| commands = [[Andaman and Nicobar Command]]<br>[[X Corps (India)|X Corps]]<ref name="crucial"/>
| battles = [[Operation Meghdoot]]<br>[[Kargil War]]
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[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] '''Ajai Singh''' [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]] is a serving [[Indian Army]] general and the present [[Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command]] (CINCAN). He assumed command from Lieutenant-General [[Manoj Pande (general)|Manoj Pande, PVSM, AVSM, VSM]] on 1 June 2021.<ref name="crucial">{{Cite news|url=https://theprint.in/defence/indias-crucial-eastern-army-command-andaman-nicobar-command-get-new-chiefs-tomorrow/668541/|title=India’s crucial Eastern Army Command, Andaman-Nicobar Command get new chiefs tomorrow|date=31 May 2021|work=ThePrint|access-date=31 May 2021}}</ref>

==Career==
A fifth-generation soldier,<ref name="crucial"/> Singh was commissioned in the [[81st Armoured Regiment (India)|81st Armoured Regiment]] on 17 December 1983.<ref name="commission"/> His father had raised the regiment a decade earlier.<ref name="crucial"/> He commanded a rifle company of the [[Maratha Light Infantry]] during Operation Meghdoot and the Kargil War, receiving the COAS Commendation for Gallantry. He also served with [[MONUA]] in [[Angola]] as a United Nations military observer.<ref name="crucial"/>

Singh has held the posts of Additional Director General Military Operations Directorate, DG Financial Planning and DG Military Training. Before his appointment as CINCAN, he commanded [[X Corps (India)|X Corps]], based at Bathinda.<ref name="crucial"/> He holds four master's degrees: an MBA with ORSA specialisation, an MSc in defence studies, an MPhil in defence and management studies and an MA in International Security and Strategy from Kings College, London.

==Awards and decorations==
{| style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
|colspan=4|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND_Special_Service_Medal_Ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|-
||{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND_Operation_Vijay_star.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND_Siachen_Glacier_Medal_Ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND Operation Vijay medal.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND_Operation_Parakram_medal.svg|width=106}}
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND_Sainya_Seva_Medal_Ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND_High_Altitude_Medal_Ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND_Videsh_Seva_Medal_Ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 50th Anniversary Independence medal.svg|width=106}}
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND_30_Years_Long_Service_Ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 20YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 9YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=UNAVEM_Medal_ribbon.gif|width=106}}
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
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|[[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Special Service Medal]]
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|[[Operation Vijay Star]]
|[[Siachen Glacier Medal]]
|[[Operation Vijay Medal]]
|[[Operation Parakram Medal]]
|-
|[[Sainya Seva Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|High Altitude Service Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Videsh Seva Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|50th Anniversary of Independence Medal]]
|-
|[[Indian military decorations#Long service awards|30 Years Long Service Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Long service awards|20 Years Long Service Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Long service awards|9 Years Long Service Medal]]
|[[MONUA|MONUA Medal]]
|}

== Dates of rank ==
{|class="wikitable" style="background:white"
! Insignia !! Rank !! Component !! Date of rank
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Second Lieutenant of the Indian Army.svg|35px]] || [[Second Lieutenant]] || [[Indian Army]] || 17 December 1983<ref name="commission">{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1985/O-0780-1985-0026-34604.pdf |page=901 |date=29 June 1985 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Lieutenant_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Lieutenant]] || Indian Army || 17 December 1985
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Captain_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Captain (armed forces)|Captain]] || Indian Army || 17 December 1988<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1398 |date=16 September 1989 |url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1989/O-0594-1989-0037-25648.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Major_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Major]] || Indian Army || 17 December 1994<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=569 |date=15 April 1995 |url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1995/O-0317-1995-0015-12165.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Lieutenant_Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Lieutenant-Colonel]] || Indian Army || 16 December 2004<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1898 |date=15 October 2005 |url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2005/W_42_2012_119.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Colonel (India)|Colonel]] || Indian Army || 15 March 2006<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=2180 |date=20 December 2008 |url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2008/W_51_2011_053.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Brigadier_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Brigadier (India)|Brigadier]] || Indian Army || 22 October 2010 (acting, substantive 9 December 2010 with seniority from 29 August 2009)<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=432 |date=22 March 2014 |url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2014/158718.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Major_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Major general (India)|Major General]] || Indian Army || 1 February 2016 (substantive, seniority from 23 August 2014)<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=756 |date=16 April 2022 |url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2022/235171.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Lieutenant_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|35px]] || [[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant-General]] || Indian Army || 1 May 2018<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=393 |date=9 February 2019|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2019/197165.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|}

==References==
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{{succession box
| title = [[Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command]]
| years = 1 June 2021–present
| before = [[Manoj Pande (general)|Manoj Pande]]
| after = '''Incumbent'''
}}
{{succession box
| title = [[General Officer Commanding]] [[X Corps (India)|X Corps]]
| years = 1 August 2019 - 25 August 2020
| before = [[Raj Shukla]]
| after = Manoj Kumar Mago
}}
{{s-end}}

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