NEW DELHI: Lieutenant General Anil Chauhan has taken over as the DirectorGeneral of Military Operations (DGMO).

An alumnus of National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, and Indian MilitaryAcademy, Dehradun, Lt General Chauhan was commissioned into the 11th GorkhaRifles in 1981.

He has had a distinguished career in various command, staff andinstructional appointments.

He has mostly led command assignments in insurgency and terrorism affectedareas of Jammu and Kashmir and the North East.

He had served in various capacities at Army headquarters and also as theUnited Nations military observer in Angola.