[New Delhi]G Mohan Kumar,Took Over as the New Defence Secretary
This appointment comes as a birthday gift for Kumar who will turn 60 on May 27. But, instead of retirement, now he will have a two-year tenure.
He Is the man who was leading Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ initiative in the defence sector
Belonging to the 1979 batch of IAS, Odisha Cadre, Kumar is a post-graduate in Chemistry and earned his MBA in the UK.
He has worked in various ministries and departments including Steel, Water Resources, Rural Development, Fisheries, Export Development and VAT Administration.
His predecessor R K Mathur laid down his office yesterday.
Kumar, a Keralite, was the Secretary, Defence Production since September 1, 2014 before taking over as the Defence Secretary.
He was the key man in working out the policies and framework for ‘Make in India’ initiative in the defence sector.
Meanwhile, Ashok Kumar Gupta (1981- batch Tamilnadu Cadre) who was special secretary in the Department of Defence Production today took over as the new Secretary, (Defence Production) succeeding Kumar.
He is a post-graduate in Public Administration from Syracuse University (the US) and holds an M Phill degree in Defence & Strategic studies from Madras University
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Shri G. Mohan Kumar taking over as the new Defence Secretary, in New Delhi on May 25, 2015.
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G Mohan Kumar,Took Over as New Defence Secretary
Army’s Command Hospitals Of Pune+Lucknow Received Ist &2nd Best Hospital Trophies
[New Delhi]Command Hospitals Of Pune And Lucknow Declared Best Ist And 2nd Army Hospitals.
The Raksha Mantri’s Trophy and citation for the Best Service Hospital and 2nd Best Service Hospital in the Armed Forces Medical Services were presented by Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar today.
The awards were received by Maj Gen T K Saha,
Commandant, Command Hospital (SC) Pune for Best and
Maj Gen A K Das, Commandant of Command Hospital (CC) Lucknow for the 2nd Best Service Hospital at a ceremony in the Defence Ministry, which was attended by the Chief of Army Staff+Defence Secretary and other important service and civilian dignitaries.
The Raksha Mantri’s Trophy was instituted in 1989 to create a healthy competition among the Command Hospitals of the Army and its equivalent Hospitals in the Navy and Air Force.
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The Union Minister for Defence, Shri Manohar Parrikar, the Chief of Army Staff, General Dalbir Singh, the Senior Officers of AFMS and the MoD in a group photograph, at the Trophies presentation ceremony, in New Delhi on February 26, 2015.
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