Correspondent
IMPHAL, April 16
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he first Lt Gen Konsam Himalay Singh from North East region who hails from Charangpat in Thoubal district of Manipur will command the Army’s White Knight Corps (16 Corps) in Jammu and Kashmir.
Also known as Lt Gen KH Singh, a proud alumni of Sainik School, Goalpara (Assam) and the National Defence Academy before he was commissioned into the Second Battalion of The Rajput Regiment (KALI CHINDI) in June 1978 and later commanded 27 RAJPUT, is a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College, College of Defence Management and the prestigious National Defence College, according to a press statement issued by Defence Spokesperson Colonel SD Goswami of Ministry of Defence .
Lt Gen Himalay Singh has vast operational experience in Counter Insurgency (CI) Operations in Jammu and Kashmir (J& K) where he served five tenures in the last 35 years and four tenures in North East which included CI Operations in LC (Line of Control), LAC (Line of Actual Control) and HAA(High Altitude Area) environments. He commanded 27 RAJPUT in Siachen Glacier from 1998 to 2000.Fifty year old Sainik School Goalpara, Assam, in which General Himalay studied, would be celebrating its golden jubilee this year has excelled in its primary role as a feeder institution to the Armed Forces and has over 200 ex-Sainik School Goalpara Students (SSGians) to its credit as officers in the Armed Forces,which other than NDA, including OTA, IMA, AFA and NAVAC. A good number of ex-students are IAS, IPS officers, doctors, engineers. The school is serving not only in Assam and the North East but also entire the country. The school is a member of the IPSC (Indian Public School Conference).
Gen Himalay Singh is married to Dr (Mrs) Mangala Devi, an accomplished doctor and they have two daughters. He is currently posted as Chief of Staff of a Strike Corps.
