Ranbir Singh

Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh, PVSM, AVSM & Bar, YSM, SM, ADC is a former General Officer in the Indian Army. He last served as the General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) Northern Command. He assumed office on 1 June 2018 from Lt Gen Devraj Anbu who assumed the office of Vice Chief of the Army Staff. He was the Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) of the Indian Army during the 2016 Indian Line of Control strike and the Additional Director General of Military Operations (ADGMO) during the 2015 Indian counter-insurgency operation in Myanmar. He was considered the face of the operations because he briefed the media after both the strikes.

Early life and education Singh is from Jalandhar and his family belongs to Ambala Jattan, Hoshiarpur district, Punjab. His father, who was a JCO in the Indian Army, died when he was young. His uncle, Colonel Manmohan Singh (retd), adopted him when he was three years old.

In 2011, he attended the Royal College of Defence Studies, London where he obtained a Master of Arts degree in International Relations from King's College London. His Indian course mates at the RCDS were Commodore Philipose George Pynumootil and Air Commodore Diptendu Choudhury.

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Personal life Singh met his wife when he was posted in Mumbai and they have a son.