The Adjutant General of the Indian Army is the senior administration officer who reports to the Chief of Army Staff and is also the Colonel of the Corps of Military Police and Judge Advocate General.Army Headquarters Bharat Rakshak
Role, organisation and function The office of the Adjutant General deals with a wide spectrum of issues relating to Army, which includes manpower planning, human resource policy, recruitment, discipline, matters relating to Judge Advocate General's Department, Provost Marshal Directorate (Corps of Military Police), missing defence personnel, service matters relating to personnel and welfare of serving soldiers.
The Adjutant General's office is organised as follows:
Director General (Manpower Planning and Personnel Services) Additional Directorate General Manpower Additional Directorate General of Recruiting Additional Directorate General Personnel and Services Director General (Discipline, Ceremonial and Welfare) Additional Directorate General (Discipline and Vigilance) Additional Directorate General (Ceremonial and Welfare) Provost Marshal Judge Advocate General's Department Managing Director, Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) Director General Medical Services Director General Dental Services Army Group Insurance Directorate of Indian Army Veterans Policy and Outreach Pension and Entitlements Benefits and Services Career Transition Planning Sections
Army Welfare Education Society Army Welfare Housing Organisation
Adjutants General prior to Independence Adjutants-General before the independence of India have included:
RankName Appointment DateLeft officeReferences Colonel Sir Henry George Smith 6 March 1840 7 April 1846 Colonel Charles Robert Cureton 7 April 1846 22 November 1848 Colonel Armine Simcoe Henry Mountain 2 February 1849 8 February 1854 Colonel Frederick Markham 7 April 1854 28 November 1854 Colonel Henry Havelock 28 November 1854 30 July 1857 Colonel Sir Edward Lugard 31 July 1857 22 October 1858 Colonel The Hon. William Lygon Pakenham 22 October 1858 1860 Colonel Edmund Haythorne 22 June 1860 Jan 1866 Colonel Henry Errington Longden Jan 1866 Mar 1869 Major-General The Hon. Frederic Augustus Thesiger Mar 1869 Mar 1874 Major-General Edwin Beaumont Johnson Mar 1874 Sep 1874 Major-General Sir Peter Stark Lumsden Sep 1874 Oct 1879 Major-General Sir George Richards Greaves Oct 1879 Nov 1884 Major-General Sir Thomas Durand Baker Nov 1884 Feb 1887 Major-GeneralWilliam Kidston Elles Feb 1887Oct 1890 Major-GeneralWilliam Galbraith Oct 1890 Apr 1895 Major-General Gerald de Courcy Morton Apr 1895 Nov 1898 Major-GeneralSir William Nicholson4 Nov 1898 9 Nov 1901 Major-GeneralSir Edmond Elles (acting Adjutant-General)4 Jan 1900 Apr 1901 Major-GeneralBeauchamp Duff (acting Adjutant-General) Apr 1901 Nov 1901 Major-General Horace Smith-Dorrien 9 Nov 1901 Jun 1903 Major-General Beauchamp Duff Jun 1903 Mar 1906 Major-General Alfred Martin Apr 1906 May 1908 Major-General Robert Scallon Jun 1908 Mar 1909 Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Barrett Apr 1909 Feb 1912 Major-General Fenton Aylmer Mar 1912 Nov 1915 Major-General John Walter Nov 1915 Feb 1917 Lieutenant-General Sir Havelock Hudson Feb 1917 Nov 1920 Lieutenant-General Sir Walter Delamain Nov 1920 Mar 1923 Lieutenant-General Sir George Barrow Mar 1923 Feb 1924 General Sir John Shea Feb 1924 May 1928 General Sir Robert Cassels May 1928 May 1930 General Sir Norman MacMullen May 1930 Apr 1932 General Sir Walter Leslie Apr 1932 Apr 1936 Lieutenant-General Sir John Brind Apr 1936 Oct 1937 General Sir Roger Wilson Oct 1937 Mar 1941 Lieutenant-General Brodie Haig May 1941 Oct 1941 Lieutenant-General Sir William Baker Oct 1941 Mar 1944 Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Deedes Mar 1944 Mar 1946 Lieutenant-General Sir Reginald Savory Mar 1946 1947 Army Commands , p. 297
Adjutants General after Independence Adjutants-General after independence have included:
RankName Appointment DateLeft officeUnit of CommissionReferencesMajor GeneralHira Lal Atal16th Light CavalryS M ShrinageshJanuary 1948August 194819th Hyderabad RegimentJayanto Nath ChaudhuriJanuary 1952January 19537th Light CavalryLieutenant GeneralKanwar Bahadur Singh1 October 195919th Hyderabad RegimentP P Kumaramangalam5 October 195930 April 1963Regiment of ArtilleryKashmir Singh Katoch1 May 1963November 1963East Surrey RegimentHar PrasadDecember 19703rd CavalryHar Krishen SibalDecember 1970June 19725th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force)Srinivas Kumar SinhaJuly 19805th Gorkha Rifles ( Frontier Force)K BalaramJuly 1985Corps of SignalsSK Mazumdar1988Bengal SappersManohar Lal Chibber5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force)Bhartruhari Trimbak Pandit1990March 1992Corps of EngineersR V KulkarniMarch 1992April 1993Garhwal RiflesMadan Mohan LakheraJune 1993October 1995Kumaon RegimentKrishna Mohan SethOctober 199531 December 1997Regiment of ArtilleryS S Grewal1 January 199830 April 2002Jammu and Kashmir RiflesA Natarajan1 May 200231 January 2004Regiment of ArtilleryMohinder Singh3 February 200430 October 2005Punjab RegimentA S Jamwal31 October 200531 August 2006Regiment of ArtilleryThomas Mathew1 September 2006January 2009Rajput RegimentMukesh SabharwalJanuary 20092011Rajput RegimentJai Prakash Nehra2011May 2013Madras RegimentSanjeev Anand20132014 Mechanised Infantry RegimentGurmit SinghJuly 20142015Assam RegimentRakesh Sharma2015March 201711th Gorkha RiflesAshwani Kumar201731 October 2019Corps of Army Air DefenceArvind Dutta 1 January 2020November 2020Dogra RegimentHarsha GuptaDecember 2020March 2022Sikh Light InfantryBansi PonnappaApril 202231 July 2024Mahar RegimentVPS Kaushik3 August 2024IncumbentKumaon Regiment
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