Commandant of the Officers Training Academy, Chennai

The Commandant of the Officers Training Academy is the overall in-charge of all the functioning of the Officers Training Academy, Chennai. The Commandant of the College is a three-star rank officer (Lieutenant General) from the Indian Army. He is supported by the Deputy Commandant and Chief Instructor (DCCI), held by a Major General.

List of Commandants

S.No	Rank	Name	Appointment Date	Left Office	References
1	Brigadier	Ram Singh	January 1963	October 1965
2	Brigadier	Pritpal Singh	November 1965	October 1967
3	Brigadier	A M M Nambiar	January 1966	December 1966
4	Major General	I C Katoch, PVSM	March 1970	September 1972
5	Brigadier	R H Bagina, VrC	September 1972	January 1974
6	Brigadier	C M Cariappa, AVSM	January 1974	December 1975
7	Brigadier	S M Suri, AVSM	January 1976	April 1978
8	Brigadier	E A Thyagarajan, AVSM	April 1978	August 1982
9	Major General	T S Verma, PVSM	September 1982	January 1985
10	Major General	N S Nair, VSM	February 1985	April 1986
11	Major General	N Viswanathan	July 1986	December 1987
12	Major General	N K Oberoi	April 1990	November 1992
13	Major General	V Rajaram	December 1992	February 1995
14	Major General	K C Dhingra, VSM	March 1995	June 1997
15	Major General	V Jayashankar	July 1997	July 1999
16	Major General	G H Israni, VSM	July 1999	July 2000
17	Major General	Sudhir Mohan	August 2000	February 2003
18	Lieutenant General	S D Awasthi	March 2003	September 2004
19	Lieutenant General	K K Kohli, AVSM, VSM	October 2004	July 2006
20	Lieutenant General	R K Swamy, AVSM, VSM	October 2006	September 2008
21	Lieutenant General	J S Bajwa, UYSM, SM	September 2008	July 2010
22	Lieutenant General	Gautam Banerjee	August 2010	July 2011
23	Lieutenant General	S S Jog, SM, VSM	November 2011	October 2014
24	Lieutenant General	R P Sahi, AVSM	January 2015	October 2015
25	Lieutenant General	Bobby Mathews, PVSM, AVSM & Bar, VSM	October 2016	February 2017
26	Lieutenant General	Rajan Ravindran, VSM	March 2017	February 2018
27	Lieutenant General	Sanjeev Kanal, AVSM	March 2018	To date

See also

• Commandant of the Indian Military Academy
• Commandant of the National Defence Academy

References

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