Lt Gen V Sreehari takes over as GOC of Dakshin Bharat Area

Lt Gen V Sreehari has taken over as the General Officer Commanding of Dakshin Bharat Area, covering southern India and two UTs. A decorated officer, he has commanded elite forces and served across critical operational theatres, including Siachen and the Northeast.

Hyderabad: Lieutenant General V Sreehari, took over as General Officer Commanding Dakshin Bharat Area, a formation covering peninsular India, covering Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and two UTs of Puducherry and Lakshadweep.

The General Officer is an alumnus of Sainik School Amaravati Nagar, National Defence Academy Khadakvasla and the Indian Military Academy Dehradun. He was commissioned into the new raising 16 Sikh Light Infantry Battalion in June 1987 and subsequently converted to the PARA Regiment in August 1992.

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The General officer has held various regimental, instructional, staff and command appointments. He has experience of serving in the Northern, Eastern and Southern parts of the Country as well as in a UN Mission abroad. He commanded a Para Special Forces Battalion in Operation RAKSHAK, Base Camp at Siachen Glacier, an Infantry Brigade in a Strike Corps and a Mountain Division in the North East.

The General Officer has been awarded with Shaurya Chakra in 1998 while serving with 31 RR (Commando), Sena Medal (Distinguished Services) in 2021 for command of his division and an AtiVishist Seva Medal in 2023.