about LT GEN AMITAVA MUKHERJEE, PVSM, AVSM (RETD)
Date of Birth 20 Jan 1941
Date of Commission 12 June 1960
Date of Retirement 01 Feb 2001, After 40 Years and 7 Months Service.
Highlights of Military Career:
  1. Served in Regiment of Artillery for First 3 Years and Thereafter 37 Years In The Corps of Army Air Defence.
  2. Field Service in Nefa [Arunachal], Jammu/Kashmir, Assam and Bangladesh. Combat Experience in 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pak Wars.
  3. Commanded a Regiment, Missile Group, and a Brigade.
  4. Staff and Operational Planning Experience at Combat Formation Level and Army HQ/ Joint Services Level.
  5. Important Appointments Held in Military Operations Directorate, Defence Planning Staff, Manpower Planning and Officer Selection/Management System.
  6. Last appointment was Director General Air Defence in Army HQ for over 4 years.
Foreign Exposure:
  1. Have done two training courses in Erstwhile Ussr in 1972 and 1985.
  2. Have been Member/Leader of Several Defence Delegations to Ussr/Russia, Holland and Sweden between 1981 and 2000.
Post Retirement Activities:
  1. Chief Advisor- Future Projects, Bharat Electronics [ 2002-2004 ]
  2. Member Governing Board, Centre for Advanced Strategic Studies.
  3. Member, Managing Committee, Nagrik Chetna Manch.
  4. Lecturer on Subjects Related to National and International Security
  5. Member, Intach and wwf.


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