Sreehari Takes Charge as General Officer Commanding Dakshin Bharat
Lieutenant General Sreehari has experience of serving in the Northern, Eastern and Southern parts of the country as well as in a UN Mission abroad.
Hyderabad: Lieutenant General V Sreehari took over as General Officer Commanding Dakshin Bharat, covering Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and two UTs of Puducherry and Lakshadweep with effect from Friday.
Hailing from Kerala, Sreehari was commissioned into the new raising 16 Sikh Light Infantry Battalion on 13 June 1987 and subsequently converted to the PARA regiment in August 1992. He held various regimental, instructional, staff and command appointments. He has experience of serving in the Northern, Eastern and Southern parts of the Country as well as in a UN Mission abroad.
He commanded a Para Special Forces Battalion in Operation Rakshak, Base Camp at Siachen Glacier, an Infantry Brigade in a Strike Corps and a Mountain Division in the North East. His instructional appointments include those of an instructor at the Junior Leaders Wing, Belgaum and Directing Staff and Senior Instructor at Defence Services Staff College, Wellington.
The General Officer has been awarded with Shaurya Chakra in 1998 while serving with 31 RR (Commando), Sena Medal (Distinguished Services) in 2021 for command of his division and an Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in 2023. He is also a recipient of the Chief of Integrated Staff Committee Commendation Card in 2009 and the Chief of Army Staff Commendation Card in 2013.