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About the Author
Major General V.K. Singh graduated from the National Defence
Academy, Kharakvasla in June 1964. He passed out from the Indian
Military Academy, Dehradun, in June 1965 and was commissioned into the
Corps of Signals. In his career spanning 37 years in the Indian Army, he
held several important posts, including that of Chief Signal Officer of the
Western Command. He also raised the signal regiment of the Indian Army’s
first mechanised division (1982).
General Singh is an alumnus of the Staff College, Wellington; the College
of Defence Management, Secunderabad; and the National Defence College,
New Delhi. He served as an instructor at the Military College of
Telecommunication Engineering, the Army War College, and the Staff
College. He retired from active service in June 2002.
Among his varied interests are adventure sports, military history and
journalism. A keen rallyist, General Singh has participated in three
Himalayan Car Rallies (1982–84). A regular contributor to magazines,
newspapers and journals, he is presently writing the second volume of the
history of the Corps of Signals, having previously published Through—The
Saga of the Corps of Signals (2001).
