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{{short description|Adjutant General of Indian Army from 2018 to 2022}}

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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = '''[[Lieutenant General (India)|Lieutenant General]]'''
| honorific_suffix = [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]], VSM, [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]]
| image =
| alt =
| caption = Official Military Portrait
| office = [[Adjutant-General (India)|Adjuntant General]] from 2018 to 2019
| term_start1 = 27 September 2018
| term_end1 = 31 December 2019
| president1 = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
| primeminister1 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| predecessor1 = [[Arvind Dutta]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|17 October 1959}}
| death_date =
| birth_place = [[New Delhi]]
| death_place =
| placeofburial =
| placeofburial_label =
| placeofburial_coordinates =
| nickname =
| birth_name =
| allegiance = {{IND}}
| branch = {{army|India}}
| serviceyears = 39 Years
| rank = [[File:Lieutenant General of the Indian Army.svg|35px]] [[Lieutenant-General]]
| military_blank2 = Awards
| military_data2 = {{plainlist|
* [[File:Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|20px]] [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]
* [[File:Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|20px]] [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]
* [[File:Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|20px]] [[Vishisht Seva Medal]]
}}
}}

[[Lieutenant General (India)|Lieutenant General]] '''Ashwani Kumar''', [[PVSM]], [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]], [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]] (born 17 Oct 1959)<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.indiastrategic.in/2017/07/15/lt-gen-ashwani-kumar-is-the-new-adjutant-general/ | title=Lt Gen Ashwani Kumar is the new Adjutant General}}</ref> is a former [[general officer]] in the [[Indian Army]]. He retired after 39 years of service and last served as the [[Adjutant-General (India)|Adjutant General]].<ref name="uniindia.com 923811">{{cite web|url=http://www.uniindia.com/lt-general-ashwani-kumar-assumes-charge-as-adjutant-general/india/news/923811.html|title=Lt General Ashwani Kumar assumes charge as Adjutant General|date=2017-07-08}}</ref>

==Early life and education==

Kumar was born in [[Allahabad]]. He did his schooling and graduation from [[Dehradun]]. He is a graduate of the [[Defence Services Staff College]] (DSSC), [[Wellington Cantonment|Wellington]] and has attended the Higher Command Course at the [[Army War College, Mhow]] at [[Indore]], India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.uniindia.com/lt-general-ashwani-kumar-assumes-charge-as-adjutant-general/india/news/923811.html|title=Lt General Ashwani Kumar assumes charge as Adjutant General|date=2017-07-08}}</ref> He is also a graduate from prestigious National Defence College and has completed his [[Ph.D]] in Spirituality Management in Armed Forces. He has successfully completed Independent Directors Course from [[Management Development Institute|MDI]] [[Gurgaon]], India. He also attended an Air Defence Missile Course in erstwhile USSR.

==Military career==

Kumar is an alumnus of the [[Indian Military Academy]], [[Dehradun]] and was commissioned into the Air Defence Artillery in June 1980. He later commanded a Light Air Defence Regiment, which was actively involved in Operation Parakram. He has the distinction of commanding an infantry Brigade in Western theatre and was the Deputy General Officer Commanding of an active infantry division deployed on Line of Control in Northern Command. He commanded a division and a Corps on the Western front prior to assuming the appointment of Adjutant General in July 2017.<ref>http://www.uniindia.com/lt-general-ashwani-kumar-assumes-charge-as-adjutant-general/india/news/923811.html website=http://www.uniindia.com/ publisher=United News of India accessdate=22 July 2020</ref> Notably, he is the first Army Air Defence Officer to have commanded a Corps and to have become a PSO at Army Headquarters. The officer has successfully tenanted various prestigious staff appointments including Brigade Major of Mountain Brigade in intense insurgency area, MGGS at a Command HQ, ADG DV at AHQ and DG DC & W at AHQ. He has done instructional appointments at [[Indian Military Academy]], [[Dehradun]]. School of Arty, [[Deolali]] and Defence Service Staff College, [[Wellington Cantonment|Wellington]]. He was also posted as Military Observer in UNO MIL [[Liberia]]. For his distinguished services, he has been awarded [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]] in 2015, [[AVSM]] in 2017 and [[PVSM]] in 2019 and was appointed as Honorary ADC to the President on 1 January 2018.

==Honours and decorations==
{| style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
|colspan=4|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|106}} {{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon= Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|-
|colspan=4|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=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 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=MONUC_Medal_bar.gif|width=106}}
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
|
|[[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]
|[[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]
|
|-
|[[Vishisht Seva Medal]]
|colspan=2|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Special Service Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Operation Parakram Medal]]
|-
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|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#Service and campaign medals|30 Years Long Service Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|20 Years Long Service Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|9 Years Long Service Medal]]
|[[MONUSCO]]
|}

==Dates of rank==

{|class="wikitable" style="background:white"
! Insignia !! Rank !! Component !! Date of rank
|-
|align="center" |[[File:2nd Lieutenant Indian Army.gif|35px]] || [[Second Lieutenant]] || [[Indian Army]] || 07 Jun 1980<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=212 |date=21 February 1981 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1981/O-0959-1981-0008-42603.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Lieutenant of the Indian Army.svg|35px]] || [[Lieutenant]] || Indian Army || 107 Jun 1982<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=995 |date=1 August 1981 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1981/O-0961-1981-0031-42646.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Captain of the Indian Army.svg|35px]] || [[Captain (armed forces)|Captain]] || Indian Army || 01 Sep 1983<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=375 |date=23 March 1985 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1985/O-0780-1985-0012-34591.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Major of the Indian Army.svg|35px]] || [[Major]] || Indian Army || 07 Jun 1991<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1746 |date=3 November 1990 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1990/O-2466-1990-0044-112602.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Lieutenant Colonel of the Indian Army.svg|35px]] || [[Lieutenant-Colonel]] || Indian Army || 05 Mar 1998<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=811 |date=18 May 2002 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2002/O-2520-2002-0020-114254.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Colonel of the Indian Army.svg|35px]] || [[Colonel (India)|Colonel]] || Indian Army || 03 Oct 2000<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=974 |date=25 June 2005 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2005/W_26_2011_116.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" |[[File:Brigadier of the Indian Army.svg|35px]] || [[Brigadier (India)|Brigadier]] || Indian Army || 23 May 2008<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=254 |date=21 February 2009 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2009/W_8_2010_009.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 || 27 Dec 2012<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=95 |date=19 January 2013 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2013/W_3_2013_205.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 || 10 Nov 2015<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=2366 |date=20 December 2014 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2014/162120.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Recipients of the Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Vishisht Seva Medal]]
[[Category:National Defence Academy (India) alumni]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from New Delhi]]
[[Category:Indian generals]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]
[[Category:Indian Military Academy alumni]]
[[Category:University of Madras alumni]]
[[Category:1959 births]]
[[Category:Army War College, Mhow alumni]]

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