Gurmit Singh, ex-deputy chief of Army, made Uttarakhand governor; Ravi moved to TN

Singh superannuated from the Army in February 2016 after nearly 4 decades of service

ITDC INDIA EPRESS/ITDC NEWS R Lieutenant General Gurmit Singh, who retired as the deputy chief of the Indian Army, was on Thursday appointed the governor of Uttarakhand, a post that fell vacant after Baby Rani Maurya tendered her resignation.

According to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique, President Ram Nath Kovind accepted the resignation of Maurya and appointed Singh as the governor of the state.

A highly-decorated officer, Singh superannuated from the Army in February 2016 after nearly four decades of service, during which he held prestigious appointments of deputy chief of army staff, adjutant general and corps commander of strategic XV Corps that overlooks the Line of Control in Kashmir.

He was also handling operational and military strategic issues related to China as additional director general of military operations.

During his stint in the Army, he was part of numerous expert groups, joint working groups, annual dialogues and China study group meetings for over a decade. Singh visited China seven times for important military-diplomatic and border or Line of Actual Control meetings.