Ajai Singh (lieutenant general)
Lieutenant General Ajai Singh AVSM is a serving Indian Army general and the present Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command (CINCAN). He assumed command from Lieutenant-General Manoj Pande, PVSM,AVSM,VSM on 1 June 2021. Career. A fifth-generation soldier, Singh was commissioned in the 81st Armoured Regiment on 17 December 1983. His father had raised the regiment a decade earlier. He commanded a rifle company of the Maratha Light Infantry during Operation Meghdoot and the Kargil War, receiving the COAS Commendation for Gallantry. He also served with MONUA in Angola as a United  Nations military observer. Singh has held the posts of Additional Director General Military Operations Directorate, DG Financial Planning and DG Military Training. Before his appointment as CINCAN, he commanded X Corps, based at Bathinda. He holds four master's degrees: an MBA with ORSA specialisation, an MSc in defence studies, an MPhil in defence and management studies and an MA in International Security and Strategy from Kings College, London.