Chinar Corps Commander Lt.Gen. Amardeep Singh Aujla is new MGS

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Chinar Corps Commander Lt. Gen. Amardeep Singh Aujla has been appointed as the new Master General Sustenance (MGS) of the Indian Army. Presently he is the commander of Srinagar based XV Corps which is popularly known as Chinar Corps. As MGS , Lt. Gen. Aujla would be responsible for maintaining the high state readiness of the force situations i.e. during peace as well as in war. in both peace and war.

Lt Gen Aujla will be one of the eight Principal Staff Officers of the Chief of Army Staff . The role of the MGS is to sustain the Indian Army during war and peace by ensuring a high state of availability of weapons, ammunition and other equipment including vehicles and stores at all times.

Lt. Gen. Aujla has been handling the Chinar Corps since May 2022 and has been extensively involved in securing the LoC and the internal security situation there.

Commissioned into the Rajputana Rifles regiment, Gen. Aujla joined the forces in December 1987. He has done three tenures in the valley including one as Company Commander in Kashmir, the prestigious 268 Infantry Brigade and 28 Infantry Division along the Line of Control in North Kashmir.

He has done staff tenures in the Chinar Corps and also served as the Major General looking after counter-terrorist operations in the Udhampur-based Northern Command headquarters. Aujla has also been an instructor in Commando Wing, Infantry School Belgaum where he was responsible for commando training, considered as the toughest military course in the force.