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[[File:Jai Shanker Menon, September 2017 (cropped).jpg|300px|thumb|Jai Shanker Menon, September 2017]] | [[File:Jai Shanker Menon, September 2017 (cropped).jpg|300px|thumb|Jai Shanker Menon, September 2017]] | ||
[[Major General]] '''Jai Shanker Menon''' (born 1959) is an | [[Major General]] '''Jai Shanker Menon''' (born 1959) is an Indian military official, and was the Head of Mission and Force Commander of the [[United Nations Disengagement Observer Force]] from 7 February 2016 to 22 October 2017. Prior to this appointment in February 2016 by [[United Nations]] Secretary-General [[Ban Ki-moon]], Major General Menon served as the Additional Director General of Equipment Management in the [[Indian Army]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sga1633.doc.htm|title =Secretary-General Appoints Major General Jai Shanker Menon of India to Head United Nations Disengagement Observer Force|publisher=[[United Nations]]|date=2 February 2022}}</ref> | ||
He has held numerous officer and command positions with the Indian Army. His prior experience with the UN includes service as Military Observer with the [[United Nations Operation in Mozambique]] (1993) and with the [[United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon]] (2007 to 2009). | He has held numerous officer and command positions with the Indian Army. His prior experience with the UN includes service as Military Observer with the [[United Nations Operation in Mozambique]] (1993) and with the [[United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon]] (2007 to 2009). |