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Lieutenant General Tarun Kumar Aich PVSM AVSM
Lt Gen Tarun Kumar Aich as DCOAS(Strategy)
Deputy Chief of the Army Staff (Strategy)
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 March 2023
Chief of the Army Staff	Manoj Pande Upendra Dwivedi
Preceded by	M. V. Suchindra Kumar
General Officer Commanding XXXIII Corps
In office 22 October 2021 – 31 October 2022
Preceded by	Ajai Kumar Singh
Succeeded by	VPS Kaushik
Military service
Allegiance	India
Branch/service	Indian Army
Years of service	14 June 1986 – Present
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	16 Madras Regiment
Commands	XXXIII Corps
Service number	IC-43710L [1]
Awards	Param Vishisht Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal

Lieutenant general Tarun Kumar Aich, PVSM, AVSM is a serving general officer of the Indian Army. He currently serves as the Deputy Chief of the Army Staff (Strategy). ^{[2] [3]} He previously held the appointment of Director General of Military Intelligence, ^[4] prior to that he was General Officer Commanding Trishakti Corps (XXXIII Corps). ^[5] He earlier served as the Director General of National Cadet Corps. ^{[6] [7]}

Early Life and Education

The general officer is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla where he graduated with the Degree of Bachelor of Arts and the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. He is also an alumnus of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and Army War College, Mhow. He had undergone the Command and General Staff Course (CGSC) at Hamburg, Germany. He is a Postgraduate and holds an M Phil in Defence and Strategic Studies from the Madras University. ^[8]

Career

He was commissioned into 16th battalion of the Madras Regiment (TRAVANCORE) in June 1986 from the Indian Military Academy. ^[9] In a distinguished career spanning over 37 years he has served across vivid terrains and has undertaken many staff and instructional appointments. The general has commanded his battalion in the Siachen Glacier and in the intense counter terrorism environment of the Valley Sector in Kashmir. The general officer has held various staff and instructional appointments  to include Instructor Class ‘C’ and ‘B’ in the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. He has held the appointment of a Brigade Major of a Brigade in Counter Insurgency Operations and General Staff Officer-1 in the Military Intelligence Directorate. He has tenanted the appointment of Colonel (General Staff) of an Offensive Formation in the Plains Sector, Colonel General Staff (Planning) of a command headquarters, Deputy Commander of a brigade (new raising) in the Eastern Theatre, Deputy Director General Canteen Services, Brigadier General Staff of the Indian Military Academy, Commandant of the High Altitude Warfare School at Gulmarg. He has also commanded 12 Reorganized Army Plains Infantry Division (RAPID) in the desert sector. ^[8]

On being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant general, he took over as the 33rd Director General of National Cadet Corps on 1 January 2021. ^{[7] [10]} A year later, on 22 October 202 Lieutenant general Aich took over as the General Officer Commanding XXXIII Corps succeeding Lieutenant general Ajai Kumar Singh. ^[11] After relinquishing the command of Trishakti Corps, ^[12] he moved to the Army headquarters and assumed the appointment of Director General Military Intelligence. ^[4] After a short stint as DGMI, on 14 March 2023, Lieutenant general TK Aich assumed the appointment of Deputy Chief of the Army Staff (Strategy) succeeding Lieutenant General M. V. Suchindra Kumar upon the latter's elevation as the Vice Chief of Army Staff. ^[3]

Awards and decorations

He has been awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal in 2024 ^[13] and the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in 2021. ^[14]The general officer has been awarded the Chief of Army Staff’s Commendation thrice. ^[8]

Dates of rank

Insignia	Rank	Component	Date of rank
	Second Lieutenant	Indian Army	14 June 1986 [9]
	Lieutenant	Indian Army	14 June 1988 [15]
	Captain	Indian Army	14 June 1991 [16]
	Major	Indian Army	14 June 1997 [17]
	Lieutenant Colonel	Indian Army	16 December 2004 [18]
	Colonel	Indian Army	1 May 2007 [19]
	Brigadier	Indian Army	14 December 2012 (acting) 1 April 2013 (substantive, with seniority from 10 June 2011) [20]
	Major General	Indian Army	1 October 2018 (seniority from 1 February 2017) [21]
	Lieutenant General	Indian Army	1 January 2021 [22]

References