Lt Gen Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon, the former Commander of Srinagar based 15 Corps has been appointed as Director General of Defence Intelligence Agency and Deputy Chief of Integrating Defence Staff (Intelligence) under the Chief of Defence Staff in the Dept. of Military Affairs.

 

 

The 57-year-old Lt Gen Dhillon, who is from the 1983 batch of the Indian Military Academy, handed over the charge of 15 Corps to Lt Gen BS Raju on February 29. Lt Gen KJS Dhillon’s tenure at 15 Corps had begun on a challenging note as within a week of his taking over in February last year, the ghastly attack of Pulwama had led to martyrdom of 40 CRPF personnel. However, within 100 hours of the incident, he had neutralised the perpetrators.

 

 

The order for Lt Gen Dhillon has been issued and he will assume the charge soon, as per the Officials in the Defence Ministry. The former decorated Commander of 15 Corps undertook three major Operations that he was immensely praised for during his tenure in the valley, the Operation Maa, Operation ‘Taleem se Taraqqi’ and ‘Humsaya hain hum’.

 

 

Lt Gen Dhillon has been lauded for ensuring maintenance of peace in the Valley after the centre’s decision to abrogate Article 370

 

 

The Defence Intelligence Agency is an organisation responsible for providing and coordinating military intelligence for the Indian armed forces. The DIA was created in 2002 on recommendations of a Group of Ministers which looked into lapses that led to the Kargil intrusion of 1999.