Devraj Anbu

Lieutenant General Devraj Anbu, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM is the current General Officer Commander-in-Chief (GOC-in-C), Northern Command of the Indian Army and assumed office on 1 December 2016. He assumed the post after Lt General D S Hooda retired.

Anbu is an alumnus of National Defence Academy, Pune and Defence Services Staff College, Wellington. He also attended the higher command course at Army War College, Mhow and a National Defence College equivalent university at Jakarta, Indonesia.

Anbu was commissioned into Sikh Light Infantry on 7 June 1980. He has vast experience and has served in all types of operational environments ranging including Siachen Glacier; Counter-Insurgency Operations in Kashmir and Manipur; Operation Pawan in Sri Lanka. He has commanded a unit during Operation Parakaram; a Mountain brigade on the Line Of Control; a Mountain Division in Sikkim; Indian Military Training Team in Bhutan; IV Corps (Tezpur). He has held staff appointments which include General Staff Operation at the Division level in North-East India; General Staff Operation at Corps Level in Kashmir; Military observer with UN peacekeeping mission in Nambia (UNTAG).

During 36 years of his career he has been awarded the Sena Medal for Operation Meghdoot, Yudh Seva Medal for command of a brigade, the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal for the command of a division and Uttam Yudh Seva Medal he is also the Colonel Of The Regiment The Sikh Light Infantry.

He is married to Mrs Gowri Anbu and they have a son who is serving in the Indian Army. He likes yoga, painting and gardening.