Lt. Gen. Arvind Walia, AVSM is the current Engineer-in-Chief of Indian Army.
Early life Walia graduated from the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington. He continued his education at College of Defence Management, Secunderabad. He also studied at the National Defence College in New Delhi.
Education Walia studied in Indian Army's all courses of instruction. He graduated with BE (Hons) and continued Civil Engineering from BITS Pilani. He has completed following Master's degrees-
M.Sc. Defenese and Strategic Studies at the Madras University.
Master of Management Studies at the Osmania University
M.Phil. at both Osmania University & Madras University.
Career He has been working as an instructor at College of Defence Management, Secunderabad and National Defence College, Delhi. In his career, he has held various appointments including the Brigade Major of a Mountain Brigade. He was the Director in Engineer-in-Chief's Branch at Integrated Headquarters of MoD (Army). Apart from that, he was Brig Q in a Strike Corps and Chief Engineer of a Command. He was also the Chief of Staff, Southern Command.
Personal life Lt. Gen. Arvind Walia is married to Anita Walia.
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