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Army Training Command
Indian Army operational command responsible for military training exercises and operations

The Army Training Command, abbreviated as ARTRAC, is one of the seven commands of the Indian Army. It is currently based at Shimla. It was established in 1991.

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History

The Army Training Command was established on 1 October 1991 at Mhow in Madhya Pradesh and moved to Shimla on 31 March 1993.2 The main aim of the command is to maximize effectiveness of the training.3

In 2020, it was decided to merge the Directorate General of Military Training (DGMT) with ARTRAC.4 DGMT runs the Rashtriya Military Schools (RMS).5

Objectives

Its roles are to:

  • Formulate concepts and doctrines of warfare in the fields of strategy, operational art, tactics, logistics, training and human resource development stimulating a real-time scenario.
  • Acts as the nodal agency for all institutional training in the Army
  • Evolve joint doctrines in conjunction with other Services

List of Commanders

General Officer Commanding-in-Chief South Western Command
S.NoNameAssumed officeLeft officeUnit of CommissionReferences
1Lieutenant General A. S. Kalkat PVSM, UYSM, AVSM1 October 199131 July 19928th Gorkha Rifles6
2Lieutenant General Shankar Roychowdhury PVSM1 August 199222 November 199420th Lancers7
3Lieutenant General S. K. Sharma22 November 199431 March 1997Armoured Corps
4Lieutenant General Vijay Oberoi PVSM, AVSM, VSM1 April 199715 October 1999Maratha Light Infantry8
5Lieutenant General H. B. Kala PVSM, AVSM, SC15 October 19991 April 2001Jat Regiment9
6Lieutenant General Shamsher Singh Mehta PVSM, AVSM, VSM1 April 200131 October 200263rd Cavalry10
7Lieutenant General Shantanu Choudhry PVSM, AVSM, VSM1 November 200231 December 2002Regiment of Artillery11
8Lieutenant General J. J. Singh PVSM, AVSM, VSM1 January 200330 January 2004Maratha Light Infantry12
9Lieutenant General K. Nagaraj PVSM, UYSM1 February 200415 August 2005Maratha Light Infantry13
10Lieutenant General Deepak Kapoor PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM15 August 200531 September 2005Regiment of Artillery14
11Lieutenant General K. S. Jamwal PVSM, AVSM, VSM1 October 200531 December 2006Regiment of Artillery15
12Lieutenant General M. L. Naidu PVSM, AVSM, YSM1 January 200730 September 2007Rajput Regiment16
13Lieutenant General J. K. Mohanty UYSM, SM, VSM1 October 200730 September 2009Dogra Regiment17
14Lieutenant General B. S. Jaswal PVSM, AVSM, VSM1 October 20091 December 2010Jammu and Kashmir Rifles18
15Lieutenant General Arvinder Singh Lamba PVSM, AVSM1 October 20091 December 2010Regiment of Artillery19
16Lieutenant General K. Surendra Nath PVSM, AVSM, VSM1 January 201130 May 2013Mechanised Infantry20
17Lieutenant General Sanjeev Madhok PVSM, AVSM, VSM1 June 201330 July 2015Brigade of Guards21
18Lieutenant General P M Hariz PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM1 August 201531 August 2016Mechanized Infantry22
19Lieutenant General D R Soni VSM17 September 201630 November 2017Central India Horse23
20Lieutenant General M M Naravane AVSM, SM, VSM1 December 201730 September 2018Sikh Light Infantry24
21Lieutenant General P C Thimayya PVSM, VSM1 November 201830 April 2020Mechanised Infantry Regiment25
22Lieutenant General Raj Shukla PVSM, YSM, SM1 May 202031 March 2022Regiment of Artillery26
23Lieutenant General Surinder Singh Mahal PVSM, AVSM, VSM1 April 202230 November 202341 Armoured Regiment27
24Lieutenant General Manjinder Singh AVSM, YSM, VSM1 December 202330 June 2024Madras Regiment28
25Lieutenant General Devendra Sharma AVSM, SM1 July 2024Incumbent14th Horse (Scinde Horse)29

References

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  20. "LT Gen K Surendra Nath takes charge of ARTRAC – Hill Post". 31 December 2010. https://hillpost.in/2010/12/lt-gen-k-surendra-nath-takes-charge-of-artrac/25482/ ↩

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  27. "Lieutenant General Surinder Singh Mahal took over the command of ARTRAC today". Hindi Latestly. 1 April 2022. https://hindi.latestly.com/socially/india/lt-gen-ss-mahal-took-over-the-command-of-artrac-today-1279625.html ↩

  28. "Lieutenant General Manjinder Singh assumed the command of Army Training Command". Retrieved 1 December 2023. https://x.com/adgpi/status/1730508422574145763?s=20 ↩

  29. "Lt Gen Devendra Sharma takes over as new Army training command chief". The Times of India. 1 July 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2 July 2024. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/lt-gen-devendra-sharma-takes-over-as-new-army-training-command-chief/articleshow/111405748.cms ↩