{"id":82744,"date":"2017-01-06T05:42:11","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T05:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/?p=82744"},"modified":"2017-01-06T05:42:11","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T05:42:11","slug":"lt-gen-s-k-saini-takes-corps-commander-rising-star-corps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/82744","title":{"rendered":"Lt. Gen S.K Saini Takes Over as Corps Commander of Rising Star Corps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jalandhar, January 5 (Punjab Post Bureau)- Lt Gen SK Saini took over as the 12<sup>th<\/sup> Corps Commander of the prestigious, Rising Star Corps from Lt Gen Ashok Ambre. A highly decorated soldier Lt Gen SK Saini, an alumni of National Defence Academy and Indian Military Academy was Commissioned into \u201cThe7th Battalion the JAT\u00a0Regiment\u2019\u2019 in June 1981.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-82745\" src=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Lt-Gen-S-K-Saini.jpg\" alt=\"lt-gen-s-k-saini\" width=\"241\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Lt-Gen-S-K-Saini.jpg 336w, https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Lt-Gen-S-K-Saini-273x300.jpg 273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an illustrious career spanning over a period of more than 36 years, the officer has held important Staff, Instructional and Command appointments and has vast operational experience in all types of terrain and warfare.\u00a0Lt. Gen SK Saini is a Graduate of the\u00a0Army Command and Staff Course at the Staff College, Camberley\u00a0in\u00a0UK, the\u00a0Royal College of Military Science, Shrivenham, UK and National Defence College, Bangladesh. He has the distinction of holding three Masters Degrees in Defence and Strategic Studies. Lt. Gen SK Saini has been bestowed a number of awards, both Gallantry and distinguished service including the \u201cYudh Seva Medal\u201d, the \u201cVishisht Seva Medal\u201d, \u201cChief of Army Staff Commendation\u201d and the \u201cArmy Commander Commendation\u201d. The General officer is also the Colonel of the JAT Regiment. He was Commandant at the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, before assuming the present appointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jalandhar, January 5 (Punjab Post Bureau)- Lt Gen SK Saini took over as the 12th Corps Commander of the prestigious, Rising Star Corps from Lt Gen Ashok Ambre. 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